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18 Oct 2025
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Long serving Longford number one Paddy Collum to hang up his inter-county gloves
As Longford's season drew to a close with Sunday's Tailteann Cup victory over Carlow, the encounter at Glenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore also marked the end of an era as it brought the curtain down on Paddy Collum's inter-county goalkeeping career.
Fr Manning Gaels stalwart Paddy has decided to call time on his outstanding intercounty senior career which has seen him play 133 times in all competitions (37 Championship, 67 NFL and 29 O’Byrne Cup) and scoring 0-15 between 2012 and 2025.
This is in addition to 7 Championship appearances at U-21 level and 9 at Minor (scoring two penalties on the way to winning the Leinster Minor Championship).
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Paddy has featured for Longford at every grade from U-13 up and all that is left now is the Masters - in a few more years!
In 2016 he also represented Leinster in the Railway Cup.
In a social media post Fr Manning Gaels wished their custodian well: "Enjoy the well earned retirement Paddy and we look forward to many more years out in Monaduff."
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