Longford SFC: Killoe and Mullinalaghta avoid each other in the quarter-finals draw

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2018 Longford Senior Football Championship

Diarmuid Masterson on the ball for Dromard ahead of Killoe opponent Ronan McGoldrick. Action from the SFC Group 3 game at the Colmcille GAA grounds, McGee Park on Sunday. Photo: Syl Healy

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Padraic O'Brien

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Mullinalaghta St Columba’s and Killoe Emmet Og, winners of the Connolly Cup for the past four years, have avoided each other in the draw for the Senior Football Championship quarter-finals.

The draw took place at Lynch Park, Abbeylara on Sunday evening following the remaining group fixture which resulted in a comfortable 1-17 to 1-9 win for Colmcille against St Mary’s Granard who will clash again in the last eight.

The 2014 and 2015 champions Killoe will take on Abbeylara in the quarter-finals while in the same top half of the draw are Colmcille and Granard.

The title holders Mullinalaghta, chasing a Longford SFC three-in-a-row, will meet Mostrim with the winners advancing to face Clonguish or Dromard in the semi-final.

The complete draw is as follows:

Quarter-Finals

1. Killoe Emmet Og v Abbeylara
2. Colmcille v St Mary’s Granard
3. Mostrim v Mullinalaghta St Columba’s
4. Clonguish v Dromard

Semi-Finals

Winners 1 Killoe or Abbeylara v Winners 2 Colmcille or Granard

Winners 3 Mostrim or Mullinalaghta v Winners 4 Clonguish or Dromard


SFC Relegation Play-Offs

Round 1: Longford Slashers v Carrickedmond; Ballymahon a bye  


 


 

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