16/04/2021
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Gaelic games
Longford will start 2021 season in May at home to Derry in the National Football League
It’s a tough league campaign for Padraic Davis and his players with the big clash against Ulster champions Cavan at Breffni Park and then away again with a tricky trip to Fermanagh. Limerick, Offaly, Wicklow and Munster champions Tipperary will ...
Gaelic games
Longford ladies will play Kildare, Laois and Wicklow in Division 3B of the National Football League
The League will be played in groups of four, on three consecutive weekends, followed by semi-finals, a break of one week and then the final. Under the guidance of new manager Brian Noonan from the Mostrim club, Longford will compete in Division ...
Longford sport
Seven Cavan players and Tipperary's Colin O'Riordan shortlisted for PwC All-Star awards
While All-Ireland champions Dublin dominate the nominations for the 2020 Football All Stars, Cavan and Tipperary, who lit up the championship with their provincial triumphs, have picked up seven and four nominations, respectively. After ...
Gaelic games
O'Byrne Cup scrapped as Longford footballers focus on the National League
Covid permitting, the Longford footballers and hurlers will be back in competitive action at the end of February under the new plan for the 2021 inter-county season unveiled on Monday by the GAA. Under the new plan, County games will ...
Gaelic games
Longford GAA: Angry Albert Cooney blasts social media negativity
“Managing GAA affairs of any county is a very responsible task, and Longford is no different. We get most decisions right, but we will never get everything right no matter how much we try. When issues arise that may not be to the ...
Gaelic games
Longford pitted with provincial champions in 2021 National Football League
None of the GAA pundits gave Cavan a chance of beating the red-hot favourites Donegal in the Ulster senior final on Sunday last but the battling Breffni bravehearts proved their critics wrong in producing a major upset at the ...
Gaelic games
Goal hero Conor Madden hoping to inspire Cavan's 'next generation'
The Gowna clubman netted the decisive score as last Sunday's final clash with Donegal entered its dying embers in a pulsating encounter which saw Cavan emerge victorious (1-13 to 0-12) at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. It ...
Gaelic games
Cavan crowned Ulster champions as master tactician Mickey Graham plots the downfall of Donegal
Plotting the downfall of the reigning Ulster champions Donegal, the red-hot favourites, was some achievement by the shrewd Cavan supremo as his totally committed squad battled their way to a richly deserved victory in the ...
Longford sport
Conor Madden's injury time goal seals a famous 40th Ulster title triumph for Mickey Graham's Cavan
Managerial maestro Mickey Graham weaved his magic once again as Cavan captured the Anglo Celt Cup and Ulster Championship glory for the 40th occasion and the first time since 1997 with a superb 1-13 to 0-12 win over hot ...
Gaelic games
No rest as Longford take on Laois in another tough championship battle
It’s a quick turnaround for manager Padraic Davis and his players as the county team prepare to take on Laois in the behind closed doors Leinster Senior Football Championship quarter-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse ...
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