Longford GAA

{{Short description|County board of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox Gaelic games county board | name = Longford GAA | crest = Longford-GAA.png | irish = An Longfort | nickname = Midlanders | founded = | province = Leinster | dominant sport = Gaelic football | grounds = [[Pearse Park (Longford)|Pearse Park]], [[Longford]] | county colours = {{color box|0000FF}} [[Royal blue]] {{color box|FFD700}} Gold | website = | sfc champs = | sfc year = | shc champs = | shc year = | nfl div = Division 4 (2024) | nhl div = Division 3B (2024) | football champ = Tailteann Cup | hurling champ = Lory Meagher Cup | ladies football = Mary Quinn Memorial Cup }} The '''Longford County Board of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]]''' (GAA) ({{langx|ga|Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Longfort}}) or '''Longford GAA''' is one of the 32 [[County board (Gaelic games)|county board]]s 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 [[Longford county football team|county football team]] won its only [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] title in 1966 with a one-point victory over [[Galway county football team|Galway]] in the [[1965-66 National Football League (Ireland)|Home Final]] and an aggregate win over [[New York county football team|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 county football team|Laois]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Leinster SFC |url=https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/football-championship/ |website=Longford Gaelic Stats}}</ref>

==Clubs== The county board oversees 22<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Details |url=http://longfordgaa.ie/longford-clubs/ |website=Longford GAA}}</ref> GAA clubs, the lowest number of any county in Ireland. The current total of 22 clubs is down from 24 in 2009 which at the time was the smallest in the country, below [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]], which had 26 back then and now has 23 clubs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-clubs-by-numbers-26534693.html|title=GAA clubs by numbers|work=Irish Independent|date=9 May 2009}}</ref>

<small>(F) Football | (H) Hurling | (HB) Handball | (C) Camogie</small>

* [[Abbeylara GFC|Abbeylara]] (F/HB) * Ardagh Moydow (F) * Ballymahon (F)* * Ballymore (F) * Carrickedmond (F) * Cashel (F) * [[Clonguish GAA|Clonguish]] (F/H/HB) * [[Colmcille GFC|Colmcille]] (F) * Dromard (F) * Fr. Manning Gaels (F/HB) * Kenagh (F) * [[Killoe Young Emmets]] (F) * Legan Sarsfields (F) * [[Longford Slashers]] (F/H) * Mostrim (D) * [[Mullinalaghta St Columba's GAA|Mullinalaghta St Columba's]] (F) * Rathcline (F) * Seán Connollys (F) * St. Brigid's Killashee (F) * St. Mary's Granard (F) * St. Munis Forgney (F)* * Young Grattans (F)

''<small>(* St. Munis Forgney & Ballymahon compete as a Group Team in adult competition since 2022)</small>''

Three hurling clubs exist within the above list of GAA clubs: * [[Clonguish GAA|Clonguish Gaels]] * [[Longford Slashers]] * [[Wolfe Tones GAA (Longford)|Wolfe Tones (Mostrim)]]

==Football== ===Clubs=== {{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Longford}}

11 clubs contest the [[Longford Senior Football Championship]].

[[Killoe Young Emmets]] are the current Longford Senior Football champions (as of 2025).<ref>{{cite web |title=Longford SFC Final: McGoldrick point the winner for Emmet Óg |url=https://www.gaa.ie/article/longford-sfc-final-mcgoldrick-point-the-winner-for-emmet-og |website=www.gaa.ie |language=en |date=12 October 2025}}</ref>

[[Mullinalaghta St Columba's GAA|Mullinalaghta St Columba's]] won the [[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/mullinalaghta-leinster-football-champions-4384859-Dec2018/ |title =Wilderness to Leinster champions - Mullinalaghta story sums up magic of club game|date=10 December 2018|work=The 42|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/mullinalaghta-kilmacud-leinster-final-report-4384612-Dec2018/ |title =Mullinalaghta pull off seismic shock and stun Kilmacud in Leinster football final|date=9 December 2018|work=The 42|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>

===County team=== {{main|Longford county football team}} Longford won the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] in [[1965–66 National Football League (Ireland)|1966]], then the 1968 [[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]. The county has never won the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].

==Hurling== ===Clubs=== {{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Longford}}

3 clubs contest the [[Longford Senior Hurling Championship]].

[[Longford Slashers]] are the current Longford Senior Hurling champions (as of 2025).<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=Padraic |title=Longford Slashers withstand Wolfe Tones comeback to win the county senior hurling title for the 13th time |url=https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/gaa/1916928/longford-slashers-withstand-wolfe-tones-comeback-to-win-the-county-senior-hurling-title-for-the-13th-time.html |website=www.longfordleader.ie |language=en |date=11 October 2025}}</ref>

===County team=== Like most of its neighbours, Longford have struggled to compete with the bigger counties as they only have three Hurling teams in the county, [[Longford Slashers|Slashers]], Wolfe Tones and [[Clonguish GAA|Clonguish]]. The county team won the [[National League Division 3]] title in 2002, In 2005 & 2006 they won the Leinster Shield. They won the Lory Meagher Cup, for the first time, in Croke Park on 3 July 2010 and won on a scoreline 1 – 20 to Donegal 1 – 12.

[[Liam Griffin (hurler)|Liam Griffin]] has said the GAA should be ashamed of itself over its failure in the promotion of hurling. {{quote|Australia is 24 hours away, yet we can create a new game with the Aussie Rules lads. Longford and Leitrim are right here, yet we largely ignore them and many others too when it comes to promoting hurling. The new [[D. J. Carey]] could be living in Longford, Leitrim or Donegal, but we'll never know. We have failed him. [...] If someone can market coloured gripe water, call it Coca-Cola and clean up worldwide, we should be able to sell hurling in Longford.<ref>{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Breheny|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/martin-breheny-all-stars-bright-lights-hide-darker-side-of-hurling-3276045.html|title=All Stars bright lights hide darker side of hurling|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=27 October 2012|access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref>}}

===Leinster SHC=== Longford competed in just two seasons, with a walkover to Wexford in the 1902 season (played in November 1903) and a loss to Westmeath in the 1903 season (played in July 1904). After 1904 Longford played in Junior Hurling Championship. Longford remains the only county in Leinster never to win a provincial hurling championship at any grade.

==== Matches ====

* 1902: Longford scr. - w/o [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]] * 1903: Longford 1-00 - 2-09 [[Westmeath county hurling team|Westmeath]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longford SHC matches |url=https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/wp-content/uploads/1904-LHC-July-31.jpg}}</ref>

===Championship Titles=== * '''[[Lory Meagher Cup]]: (2)''' ** Champions (2): [[2010 Lory Meagher Cup|2010]], [[2014 Lory Meagher Cup|2014]] ** Runners-Up (3): [[2013 Lory Meagher Cup|2013]], [[2022 Lory Meagher Cup|2022]], 2024 * '''All Ireland Minor C Championship''' (2) ** 1997, 2000 * '''All Ireland Juvenile C Championship''' (2) ** 1982, 1984

===League Titles=== * [[National Hurling League|'''National Hurling League Division 3''']] (1) ** [[2002 National Hurling League|2002]] * [[National Hurling League|'''National Hurling League Division 3B''']] (3) ** 2013, 2017, 2019 * [[National Hurling League|'''National Hurling League Division 4''']] (2) **[[1983–84 National Hurling League|1984]], [[1998 National Hurling League|1998]] * '''All Ireland Minor Hurling League Division 3''' (1) ** 1997 ?

===Provincial Cups & Shields=== * '''[[Kehoe Cup]]''' (1) ** [[2018 Kehoe Cup|2018]] * '''Leinster Junior Hurling Shield''' (2) ** 2005, 2006

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.longfordgaa.ie/ Longford GAA] * [https://clublongford.ie/ Longford Supporters Club] * [https://www.longfordgaelicstats.ie/ Longford Gaelic Stats]

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