Louth GAA is in a constant battle with soccer for players' affections and Dundalk's recent success has made that fight even more difficult.

The Oriel Park club has never been more attractive to young sportsmen but former Louth goalkeeper and Leinster GAA coaching tutor Colm Nally hopes that the Wee County "can get a few of them to wear the red of Louth":

"You'd have a lot of players 18 or 19 that would be part of Louth minor squads and part of the Dundalk under-19s. They have the full first pull on them at the minute," the one-time Dublin U21 netminder told gaa.ie.

"They are following the dream. They have access to European football. The top League of Ireland players are all playing for Dundalk at the minute so their profile is quite high, so they are all involved with them, they are all hoping to make the breakthrough.

"They are also all GAA players, all playing with their local clubs, but we are hoping we can get a few of them to wear the red of Louth.

"There would be four or five fellas that would have played even on our recent minor teams who are now playing with Dundalk and there is a few with Drogheda as well. Drogheda and Dundalk are very urbanised. You have six GAA clubs in Drogheda and something similar in Dundalk, so they'd all be playing with their friends in that sort of community environment, but they are also playing with the soccer teams as well."

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