27/11/2020
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27/11/2020
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Gaelic games
Relegation a blow but the Longford hurlers can bounce back
A poor performance against Leitrim saw them fall to a disappointing defeat and ended their status in the Nicky Rackard Cup after five years. Manager Derek Frehill was frank when asked what happened that day. “It’s a great question and I just don’t ...
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 Athletic Grounds in ...
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 was a sweet moment of ...
Local news
The Longford 2020 Annual highlights a year where Longford's community spirit shone through
It just would not be Christmas without the Longford Leader annual, enjoying its fourth successive year in homes around Longford and the world. A firm favourite for everyone, it is brimful of features, profiles, articles on local heritage and ...
News
Fascinating story of the Longford man behind ‘Matties Rattlebag’
A highly regarded former columnist with the Longford Leader for over seven years, Mattie, with some technical assistance from Iain Cheyne, has established and launched his own website www.mattiefox.com. And it is from this platform that ...
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Longford mourns death of farm leader and great visionary Jimmy McLoughlin
A stalwart of Longford Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and a committee member of County Longford Show all his life, Jimmy, aged in his 90s, passed to his eternal reward, peacefully in the loving care of the nurses and staff of ...
Gaelic games
Can Mickey ‘the Messiah’ Graham guide Cavan to the promised land?
After guiding Longford champions Mullinalaghta to a historic Leinster Club SFC title triumph in December 2018, Graham is in his second season as the Cavan manager and was one of the stars of the last team from the county to ...
Gaelic games
Cumann Lúthchleas Gael outlines plans for Bloody Sunday 100-year Commemoration on Saturday
Over the last five years the Association through the GAA Museum at Croke Park, the GAA History Committee and the Bloody Sunday Graves Project has been engaged in a series of projects to remember those who were killed as ...
Gaelic games
Longford’s Darren Gallagher reflects on the goal chances that could have knocked Laois out
Laois keeper Niall Corbet pulled off two excellent saves at the beginning of the second half to deny Donal McElligott and Dessie Reynolds. “The fact that we didn’t put them away, it kind of gave them a bit of a lift. ...
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