08/04/2020
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08/04/2020
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Gaelic games
Longford ladies overcome Sligo to register first win in the league
Sligo . . . 0-10 Longford . . . 0-12 Knowing a victory was a must in the battle to avoid relegation, Longford came into this game in a very determined mood. Sligo were one place below Longford at the bottom of the Division 3 and they too were ...
Gaelic games
Unlucky Longford ladies lose out to last gasp Laois goal
Laois . . . 3-6 Longford . . . 2-6 This game was played in terrible weather conditions as Storm “Dennis” caused havoc for both sides with wind and hail showers leaving conditions for football difficult throughout. Against the wind in the ...
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WATCH | Longford delight as singer Erin Ross wins All-Ireland Scór na nÓg title at INEC, Killarney
Longford and Ballymore GAA are celebrating this evening after Erin Ross captured the All-Ireland Scór na nÓg Amhránaíocht Aonair (Solo Singing) title at the INEC, Killarney. Erin's powerful rendition of Pádraig Óg Mo Chroí saw ...
Gaelic games
Rathcline clubman Albert Cooney elected the new Longford GAA Chairperson
Cooney, who stepped down as Treasurer after serving the maximum five years in that particular post, said it was a huge honour to lead the county and he was looking forward to a new beginning for Longford GAA. Eugene Quaine (Carrickedmond) ...
Obituaries
Longford communities in mourning at passing of 'true decent man' Martin Clyne
Martin passed to his eternal reward, peacefully, last Wednesday, December 4, at Mullingar Regional Hospital and Fr Cadam highlighted how the deceased possessed a great sense of the soil under his feet and made a deep impression on the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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