11/12/2019
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11/12/2019
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Gaelic games
Albert Cooney and Brid McGoldrick to contest Longford GAA Chairperson election
Outgoing Treasurer Cooney and outgoing Vice-Chairperson McGoldrick are declared as the candidates for the top position vacated by Eamon Reilly after serving three years in the ‘hot seat’. Derek Fahy (Ballymore) was also nominated for Chairperson but ...
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Albert Cooney, Derek Fahy and Brid McGoldrick nominated for Longford GAA Chairperson
The nominations for the various positions closed on Tuesday night and in the meantime Vice-Chairperson Brid McGoldrick will take over in the ‘hot seat’ until the annual election of county board officers next month. Longford GAA are also searching ...
Longford sport
Free scoring Ballymore Eustace put Longford kingpins Kenagh to the sword
Impressive Ballymore Eustace powered past Kenagh in a disappointingly one-sided AIB Leinster Club Junior Football Championship quarter-final on a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon at Newtowncashel. AIB Leinster Club Junior Football Championship ...
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Longford clubs Fr Manning Gaels and Kenagh seeking to reach last four in Leinster
The Intermediate and Junior county champions are in quarter-final action this Saturday and while it looks like a tough task in the quest to reach the last four, the games are fixed for Longford venues which could prove to be a vital factor....
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Longford clubs Fr Manning Gaels and Kenagh triumph in Leinster Championship
Aaron Quinn scored the crucial only goal in the closing stages of the first half as Fr Manning Gaels held out for a single point win, 1-10 to 0-12, away against O’Hanrahans (Carlow) in the opening round of the Leinster Intermediate Club ...
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Kenagh footballer Rory Connor has made a remarkable recovery from a serious injury
Rory said: “In my mind I was never going to do anything else but get back on to a football pitch. It’s every club player’s dream to win something with their club. Unfortunately in Kenagh we haven’t been as successful as we should have ...
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Longford junior champions Kenagh beat Berlin in the Leinster Club Championship
Kenagh . . . 3-15 Berlin (Europe) . . . 3-5 The Longford Junior champions eventually beat Berlin by the wide margin of ten points and Kenagh (managed by Enda McGann) can now look forward to a quarter-final clash against the ...
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Longford Slashers win the Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 2001
Longford Slashers . . . 1-12 St Colmcille’s/St Francis . . . 2-8 It was a dramatic finish to a highly entertaining county U-18 final that looking to be going the way of the Colmcille/Dromard/Ballymore amalgamation when ...
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St Colmcille's/St Francis face Longford Slashers in the county minor football final
The Colmcille/Dromard/Ballymore U-18 amalgamation side are looking to create history while Slashers are seeking to capture the Harte Cup for the first time since 2001. St Colmcille’s/St Francis sprang a surprise in the ...
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