# Longford GAA > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Longford_GAA > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Longford_GAA.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford_GAA > Source revision: 1325071250 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) County board of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland Longford GAA Irish: An Longfort Nickname(s): Midlanders Province: Leinster Dominant sport: Gaelic football Ground(s): Pearse Park, Longford County colours: Royal blue Gold County teams NFL: Division 4 (2024) NHL: Division 3B (2024) Football Championship: Tailteann Cup Hurling Championship: Lory Meagher Cup Ladies' Gaelic football: Mary Quinn Memorial Cup The **Longford County Board of the [Gaelic Athletic Association](/source/Gaelic_Athletic_Association)** (GAA) ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): *Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Longfort*) or **Longford GAA** is one of the 32 [county boards](/source/County_board_(Gaelic_games)) of the GAA in [Ireland](/source/Ireland), and is responsible for [Gaelic games](/source/Gaelic_games) in [County Longford](/source/County_Longford). The county board is also responsible for the Longford county teams. The [county football team](/source/Longford_county_football_team) won its only [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)) title in 1966 with a one-point victory over [Galway](/source/Galway_county_football_team) in the [Home Final](/source/1965-66_National_Football_League_(Ireland)) and an aggregate win over [New York](/source/New_York_county_football_team) in the Final. The team won its only [Leinster Senior Football Championship](/source/Leinster_Senior_Football_Championship) title in 1968, with a 3-9 to 1-4 win over [Laois](/source/Laois_county_football_team).[1] ## Clubs The county board oversees 22[2] 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](/source/Sligo_GAA), which had 26 back then and now has 23 clubs.[3] (F) Football | (H) Hurling | (HB) Handball | (C) Camogie - [Abbeylara](/source/Abbeylara_GFC) (F/HB) - Ardagh Moydow (F) - Ballymahon (F)* - Ballymore (F) - Carrickedmond (F) - Cashel (F) - [Clonguish](/source/Clonguish_GAA) (F/H/HB) - [Colmcille](/source/Colmcille_GFC) (F) - Dromard (F) - Fr. Manning Gaels (F/HB) - Kenagh (F) - [Killoe Young Emmets](/source/Killoe_Young_Emmets) (F) - Legan Sarsfields (F) - [Longford Slashers](/source/Longford_Slashers) (F/H) - Mostrim (D) - [Mullinalaghta St Columba's](/source/Mullinalaghta_St_Columba's_GAA) (F) - Rathcline (F) - Seán Connollys (F) - St. Brigid's Killashee (F) - St. Mary's Granard (F) - St. Munis Forgney (F)* - Young Grattans (F) *(* St. Munis Forgney & Ballymahon compete as a Group Team in adult competition since 2022)* Three hurling clubs exist within the above list of GAA clubs: - [Clonguish Gaels](/source/Clonguish_GAA) - [Longford Slashers](/source/Longford_Slashers) - [Wolfe Tones (Mostrim)](/source/Wolfe_Tones_GAA_(Longford)) ## Football ### Clubs Further information: [List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Longford](/source/List_of_Gaelic_games_clubs_in_Ireland#Longford) 11 clubs contest the [Longford Senior Football Championship](/source/Longford_Senior_Football_Championship). [Killoe Young Emmets](/source/Killoe_Young_Emmets) are the current Longford Senior Football champions (as of 2025).[4] [Mullinalaghta St Columba's](/source/Mullinalaghta_St_Columba's_GAA) won the [Leinster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Leinster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship) in 2018.[5][6] ### County team Main article: [Longford county football team](/source/Longford_county_football_team) Longford won the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)) in [1966](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_National_Football_League_(Ireland)), then the 1968 [Leinster Senior Football Championship](/source/Leinster_Senior_Football_Championship). The county has never won the [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship). ## Hurling ### Clubs Further information: [List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Longford](/source/List_of_Gaelic_games_clubs_in_Ireland#Longford) 3 clubs contest the [Longford Senior Hurling Championship](/source/Longford_Senior_Hurling_Championship). [Longford Slashers](/source/Longford_Slashers) are the current Longford Senior Hurling champions (as of 2025).[7] ### 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, [Slashers](/source/Longford_Slashers), Wolfe Tones and [Clonguish](/source/Clonguish_GAA). The county team won the [National League Division 3](/source/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](/source/Liam_Griffin_(hurler)) has said the GAA should be ashamed of itself over its failure in the promotion of hurling. 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](/source/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.[8] ### 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](/source/Wexford_county_hurling_team) - 1903: Longford 1-00 - 2-09 [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath_county_hurling_team)[9] ### Championship Titles - **[Lory Meagher Cup](/source/Lory_Meagher_Cup): (2)** - Champions (2): [2010](/source/2010_Lory_Meagher_Cup), [2014](/source/2014_Lory_Meagher_Cup) - Runners-Up (3): [2013](/source/2013_Lory_Meagher_Cup), [2022](/source/2022_Lory_Meagher_Cup), 2024 - **All Ireland Minor C Championship** (2) - 1997, 2000 - **All Ireland Juvenile C Championship** (2) - 1982, 1984 ### League Titles - [**National Hurling League Division 3**](/source/National_Hurling_League) (1) - [2002](/source/2002_National_Hurling_League) - [**National Hurling League Division 3B**](/source/National_Hurling_League) (3) - 2013, 2017, 2019 - [**National Hurling League Division 4**](/source/National_Hurling_League) (2) - [1984](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_National_Hurling_League), [1998](/source/1998_National_Hurling_League) - **All Ireland Minor Hurling League Division 3** (1) - 1997 ? ### Provincial Cups & Shields - **[Kehoe Cup](/source/Kehoe_Cup)** (1) - [2018](/source/2018_Kehoe_Cup) - **Leinster Junior Hurling Shield** (2) - 2005, 2006 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Leinster SFC"](https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/football-championship/). *Longford Gaelic Stats*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Club Details"](http://longfordgaa.ie/longford-clubs/). *Longford GAA*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["GAA clubs by numbers"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-clubs-by-numbers-26534693.html). *Irish Independent*. 9 May 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Longford SFC Final: McGoldrick point the winner for Emmet Óg"](https://www.gaa.ie/article/longford-sfc-final-mcgoldrick-point-the-winner-for-emmet-og). *www.gaa.ie*. 12 October 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Wilderness to Leinster champions - Mullinalaghta story sums up magic of club game"](https://www.the42.ie/mullinalaghta-leinster-football-champions-4384859-Dec2018/). *The 42*. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Mullinalaghta pull off seismic shock and stun Kilmacud in Leinster football final"](https://www.the42.ie/mullinalaghta-kilmacud-leinster-final-report-4384612-Dec2018/). *The 42*. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** O'Brien, Padraic (11 October 2025). ["Longford Slashers withstand Wolfe Tones comeback to win the county senior hurling title for the 13th time"](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). *www.longfordleader.ie*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Breheny, Martin (27 October 2012). ["All Stars bright lights hide darker side of hurling"](http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/martin-breheny-all-stars-bright-lights-hide-darker-side-of-hurling-3276045.html). *Irish Independent*. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 27 October 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Longford SHC matches"](https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/wp-content/uploads/1904-LHC-July-31.jpg). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Longford GAA](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Longford_GAA). - [Longford GAA](https://www.longfordgaa.ie/) - [Longford Supporters Club](https://clublongford.ie/) - [Longford Gaelic Stats](https://www.longfordgaelicstats.ie/) v t e Longford GAA County teams Football Hurling Stadiums Pearse Park Michael Fay Park Competitions Football Senior Championship Hurling Senior Championship Category Commons v t e Longford GAA clubs Football Senior Championship Abbeylara Ardagh Moydow Carrickedmond Clonguish Colmcille Dromard Killoe Young Emmets Longford Slashers Mullinalaghta St Columba's Rathcline St Mary's Granard Intermediate Championship Ballymahon Cashel Fr Manning Gaels Mostrim Seán Connollys St Brigid's Killashee Young Grattans Junior Championship Legan Sarsfields Ballymore Kenagh Hurling Hurling Championship Clonguish Gaels Longford Slashers Wolfe Tones (Mostrim) v t e Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association Provinces and counties as defined within Gaelic games Provincial councils Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster Britain Connacht Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo Leinster Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow Munster Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford Ulster Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone Britain Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire Other counties Asian Australasia Canada Europe New York United States Non-county bodies Annual Congress Deutscher Bund Gälischer Sportarten Féile na nGael Higher Education Irish Collegiate Handball Association Games Administration Committee Scór Associated bodies GAA Handball Camogie Association Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Longford GAA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford_GAA) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford_GAA?action=history)). 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