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2018 Longford Senior Football Championship
The 2018 Longford Senior Football Championship is the 102nd running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (101 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2018 tournament consisted of 11 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. Mullinalaghta St. Columba's retained their title in the final, defeating Abbeylara after a replay to become the first team to win three successive titles since Fr. Manning Gaels in 1998. They went on to become the first Longford club to reach the Leinster Club Senior Football final and the first Longford club to be crowned Leinster champions with victory over Kilmacud Crokes. Mullinalaghta made history by competing in the All Ireland Club Semi-Final, losing out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford Senior Football Championship
The Longford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Longford GAA among the Senior grade Gaelic football clubs in County Longford, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent its county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current champions are Colmcille, winning their seventh SFC title in October 2022. The Longford Slashers club has won more titles (16) than any other club, while Clonguish holds the record for most consecutive wins (4) in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. History The Longford Senior Football Championship was first played in 1890, and a total of 105 championships have been successfully completed between 1890 and 2022. The Seán Connolly cup is presented to the winners of the Longford Senior Football Championship. The cup was first presented in 1960. Mullinalaghta St Columba's Mullinalaghta (; Irish '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullinalaghta St
Mullinalaghta (; Irish ''Mullach na Leachta''), also officially referred to as Mullanalaghta, is a half-parish in the north-eastern part of County Longford, Ireland, located about eight kilometres north of Granard. Name and topography Mullinalaghta, in Irish ''Mullach na Leachta'', means "hill of the standing stones (or gravestones)", and is derived from a hill in the centre of the area which was the original site of the local church. The area consists of eleven townlands: Aghanoran (''Achadh an Fhuaráin''), Cloonagh (''Cluain Each''), Clooneen (''Cluainín''), Culleenmore (''An Cuilleann Mór''), Derrycassan (''Doire an Chasáin''), Druminacrehir (''Droimeann na Criathrach''), Kilmore (''An Chill Mhór''), Larkfield (''Cluain Fhuiseog''), Leitrim (''Liathdhroim''), Mullinroe (''An Mullán Rua'') and Toome (''An Tom''). Mullinalaghta is not itself a townland, but is part of the townland of Cloonagh. The area has well-defined boundaries, with Lough Gowna and the River Erne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Longford Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Longford Senior Football Championship was the 101st running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (100 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2017 tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. Mullinalaghta St. Columba's were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeylara in the previous year's final. In the final, they repeated their victory over the same opponents, retaining their title for the first time ever. This year St. Brigid's Killashee returned to the senior grade after a 3-season absence since relegation in 2013 after claiming the 2016 Longford Intermediate Football Championship title, However they made the straight drop back down t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Longford Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Longford Senior Football Championship is the 103rd running of the Longford GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Longford, Ireland since the first County Championship was held in 1890 (102 completed since 1890, 1 started but not completed in 1891). The 2019 tournament consisted of 11 teams, with the winner going on to represent Longford in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. Mullinalaghta St. Columba's were the defending champions after they defeated Abbeylara after in the previous year's final replay. This year was Rathcline's return to the top-flight for the first time since the 2016 season after claiming the 2018 Longford I.F.C. title. Interestingly the club also won the I.F.C. title in 2017 however they opted to stay in the middle grade for 2018 stating that "While we won the Intermediate Championship, it was decided to remain i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford GAA
The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Longfort) or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford county teams. The county football team won its only National Football League title in 1966 with a one-point victory over Galway in the Home Final and an aggregate win over New York in the Final. The team won its only Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 1968, with a 3-9 to 1-4 win over Laois. Clubs The county board oversees 21 active adult Gaelic football clubs. This is down from 24 clubs in 2009 which at the time was the smallest, below Sligo, which had 26 back then. * Abbeylara * Ardagh Moydow * Ballymahon * Ballymore * Carrickedmond * Cashel * Clonguish * Colmcille * Dromard * Fr. Manning Gaels * Grattan Óg * Kenagh * Killoe Young Emmets * Legan Sarsfields * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Longford, Ireland
County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,634 at the 2022 census. The county is based on the historic Gaelic territory of Annaly (''Anghaile''), formerly known as Teffia (''Teathbha''). Geography Most of Longford lies in the basin of the River Shannon with Lough Ree forming much of the county's western boundary. The north-eastern part of the county, however, drains towards the River Erne and Lough Gowna. Lakeland, bogland, pastureland, and wetland typify Longford's generally low-lying landscapes: the highest point of the county is in the north-west - Carn Clonhugh (also known as Cairn Hill or Corn Hill) between Drumlish and Ballinalee in the parish of Killoe, at . Cairn Hill is the site of a television transmitter broadcasting to much of the Irish midlands. In the list of Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ballyboden St. Enda's from Dublin. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club football championship in the 1970–71 season. The most successful clubs are St. Vincent's from Dublin and Portlaoise from Laois, who have won the Leinster championship on seven occasions. Carlow club Éire Óg won 5 championships in 7 years in the 1990s. Dublin clubs have won the Leinster championship twenty one times, which is more than double any other county. The winner of this competition represents Leinster in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Wins Listed By Team Wins Listed By County No club from Kilkenny, Louth or Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonguish GAA
Clonguish GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland. The club was formed on 20 October 1889 and was originally called Clonguish Gallowglasses. Situated in the west of Co. Longford, it is bordered by four parishes in Co. Longford, Drumlish, Killoe, Killashee and Templemichael (Longford) – the parish also shares a common boundary with the Province of Connacht in that it adjoins the parishes of Bornacoola and Gortletteragh in Co. Leitrim and Tarmonbarry in Co. Roscommon. The Irish for Clonguish is ''Cluain Geis'' which means 'The Meadow of the Swans'. Clonguish played their games at Curry Field in the Castleforbes Estate before moving to their new ground Centenary Park in 1984. Centenary Park is now called Bertie Allen Park after one of Clonguish's and Longford's most famous GAA men. Bertie Allen Park has two full-size pitches with state of the art floodlights on the main pitch and training lights on the bottom pitch. Work has been ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbeylara GFC
Abbeylara Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club based in Abbeylara, County Longford, Ireland. History The Abbeylara club can trace its origins back to the Ballywillan Michael Davitts club (founded in 1889 and named after Michael Davitt) who competed in the first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890 (also referred to as Abbeylara Davitts). During the 1891 Senior Football Championship, the club name changed to Ballywillan Faugh a'Ballaghs. The club went into decline thereafter and the modern day Abbeylara club was affiliated in 1928. A 'United Gaels' amalgamation representing Granard and Abbeylara reached the final of the Longford Senior Football Championship in 1947. The club crest depicts the ruins of the nearby Abbey of Lerha. Abbeylara reached their first county final in 1998. Abbeylara have won the Longford Senior Football Championship The Longford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Longfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killoe Young Emmets
Killoe Young Emmets (Irish: ''Emmet Óg Cill Eo'') is a Gaelic Football club based in Killoe, County Longford, Ireland. The club is also referred to by the Irish 'Emmet Óg' or by 'Killoe Emmet Óg'. Organised Gaelic Games in the Parish of Killoe can trace its origins back to 1889 with the foundation of the first club in the parish (Killoe Erins Pride). The Killoe Young Emmets club first emerged in 1903 and was first recorded in Senior Championship competition in 1904 and has won 13 Longford Senior Football Championship titles and 1 Longford Senior Hurling Championship title. The club also has thriving Underage (Killoe Óg) and Ladies (Killoe) clubs. History The first GAA club in the Killoe area was founded in 1889 as Killoe Erin's Hope (soon renamed Killoe Erin's Pride). The earliest published record of a Killoe game was a tournament fixture between Killoe Erins Pride & Dromard O’Briens in Cornadrung in November 1889. The tournament in Colmcille included Drumlish Emmets, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longford Slashers
Longford Slashers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Longford, County Longford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club is based at Michael Fay Park in Longford Town and has won the Longford Senior Football Championship 16 times - more than any other club in the county. It is the only club in the county which fields teams at football, hurling, ladies football and Camogie. History The Longford Slashers club was formed in 1954 when Longford Wanderers and Whiterock Slashers clubs amalgamated to form a new club. The club has won the Longford Senior Football Championship 16 times - 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2010, 2011 & 2013. The club has won the Longford Senior Hurling Championship 12 times - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2021 ''(the hurling club was called Slashers Gaels until the mid-2000's when it was changed to Longford Slashers ''. After the foundation of the Club in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
