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VOTE | Ten top nominees looking for your vote to become Ganly's Longford Sports Star of the Month
There are TEN contenders for the 2018 Ganly’s Longford Sports Star of the Month Award for August, in association with Longford Sports Partnership and the Longford Leader. Read below to find out why each person has been nominated. Voting closes at ...
Gaelic games
Longford hurling star Johnny Casey selected for Ireland for Shinty International against Scotland
The Irish team, managed by Tipperary’s Willie Maher and Kilkenny’s Conor Phelan, will be heading to the home of Shinty in Bught Park, looking to atone for the three-point defeat suffered last year. The squad that has been assembled and has been ...
Gaelic games
Longford will meet Kildare or Wicklow in the 2019 Leinster Senior Football Championship
A tough draw for Longford if Kildare score their expected win over Wicklow in Round 1 and thus set up a repeat of last year’s qualifier clash. Four-in-row All-Ireland champions Dublin are in the same half of the draw which was made live on ...
Sport
VOTE | Eight in the race for Ganly's Longford Sports of the Month award
There are eight contenders for the 2018 Ganly’s Longford Sports Star of the Month Award for June, in association with Longford Sports Partnership and the Longford Leader. Read below to find out why each person has been nominated. Voting ...
Longford sport
Longford to open NFL campaign away to Louth as Padraic Davis takes over as manager
GAA officials want to tie in the naming of a successor to former hurling boss Colum O’Meara before officially rubber-stamping Davis’ ratification, the Leader understands. ALSO READ: Longford GAA set to unveil Padraic Davis as new ...
Gaelic games
Longford lose to Down in relegation play-off with last chance against Fermanagh
Down . . . 4-9 Longford . . . 2-5 There is still hope for the Longford ladies to avoid the drop to the Junior grade in 2019 with a last chance against Fermanagh at Sheelin Park, Ballymachugh, Co Cavan this Saturday, ...
Features
Gallery | Frances Cryan cuts ribbon to mark opening of new Leitrim Observer offices
The staff of the Leitrim Observer were joined by a large crowd on Thursday, August 9 to mark the paper's move into new offices at Unit 7, The Courtyard, off Main Street in the centre of Carrick-on-Shannon. The event was ...
Gaelic games
Longford youngsters to parade in Croke Park during GAA Gaelic Sunday Centenary Celebrations
As part of the GAA Gaelic Sunday Centenary Celebrations, young players from the Wolfe Tones club in Longford, will march in a parade at Croke Park with the Artane Band and meet Uachtarán CLG John Horan. Commemorative ...
Gaelic games
Sligo too strong for Longford ladies in the opening round of the All-Ireland Championship
Sligo . . . 2-12 Longford . . . 0-8 From the moment Sinead Naughton scored the first Sligo goal with just six minutes gone in the game the pressure was on Longford who were guilty of squandering some good ...
Gaelic games
Granard/Ballymore U-14 footballers do Longford proud in winning National Feile title
Back in 1994 St. Mary’s won Feile but this was the first time the amalgamation got to the finals. They were based with the Ardglass club in Co. Down and as well as the large number of supporters that travelled ...
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