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Poignant day at Colmcille as Offaly edge out Longford to win Eugene McGee Memorial Match

Ahead of their April 30 Leinster quarter-final against Westmeath, the Longford senior footballers had a decent workout on Sunday as they succumbed to Offaly by a single point, 2-11 to 1-15, in the Eugene McGee Memorial Match at Fr Phil McGee Park, ...

10 Apr 2022 at 22:53

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Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: Eugene McGee was ahead of his time and a man of great kindness

Regrettably, I’m on holidays as I write this, so I was unable to attend the services following his death. Like most, I could scarcely believe it had happened so suddenly. Nobody is left untouched by such sudden news. Personally I was deeply ...

18 May 2019 at 17:00

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Longford bids farewell to the 'ingenious' Eugene McGee

It was a fitting tribute to one of Longford's most iconic figures. 'Ingenious' was how lifelong friend PJ Cunningham summed up the virtues of Eugene McGee last Thursday as mourners lined out in their hundreds to bid farewell to the well ...

15 May 2019 at 11:07

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Longford's Eugene McGee was a once in a lifetime character

Eugene McGee was what you would call a once in a lifetime character. A personality that transcended the codes of GAA and local as well as national media with consummate ease, here was a person who oozed class but who displayed equal ...

16 May 2019 at 10:00

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Eugene McGee taught us to value all things Longford

Eugene McGee wasn't a man who said an awful lot. I worked for him for eight years and for five of those years would have been his number two here at the Leader. He rarely spoke. There was never much small talk but as I and anybody ...

09 May 2019 at 19:00

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Longford's Eugene McGee: One of life's unique characters

Eugene McGee was quite, simply one of a kind. A stern, even churlish looking figure at the best of times, here was a man who, as they say, didn’t take fools gladly. Call him what you will, Eugene was his own man. Intellegent, ...

09 May 2019 at 16:00

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Longford's Eugene McGee was an ordinary decent man

I had the pleasure and distinction of working in the company of the great Eugene McGee for many years and while he was a tough boss at times when in control of the Longford Leader, he was always fair in the business of ...

09 May 2019 at 13:00

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Eugene McGee's inspirational pep talk helped Colmcille win their first Longford senior football title in half a century

Eugene McGee's native club, Colmcille, hadn't won a Longford senior football championship title for half a century but his pep talk and words of inspiration helped them end that famine in 2008. Colmcille defeated ...

08 May 2019 at 16:27

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GAA heavyweights line out to pay final farewell to Longford icon Eugene McGee

Hundreds of mourners descended on Glennon’s Funeral Home on the outskirts of the midlands town from late afternoon following the father of two’s sudden passing over the Bank Holiday weekend. Among them included ...

08 May 2019 at 18:44

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News from the Capital: Late Eugene McGee was a great supporter of Longford Association in Dublin

Since the unexpected death of Eugene McGee back in May a lot has been written and spoken about him, centreing on his integrity and real independence of mind. This, of course, is unarguable as were the ...

31 Aug 2019 at 13:00

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Eugene McGee's first Longford Leader recruit recalls humble and honest boss

We were settling into another busy day in the Leader newsroom on Market Square when Eugene thundered through the narrow corridor in a pair of illuminous green knee-high wellington boots. “Jayz Lads, ...

09 May 2019 at 10:00

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WATCH: 'Players of the Faithful' to highlight Offaly's famous 1982 All-Ireland Final victory over Kerry, masterminded by Longford's Eugene McGee

'Players Of The Faithful' is the story of the 1982 Offaly team, managed by Longford's Eugene McGee, that famously ended Kerry’s bid to become the first county to win five All Ireland football ...

28 Dec 2018 at 10:11

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