| Longford GAA | |||||||||||||||||
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| Irish: | An Longfort | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Leinster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | none | ||||||||||||||||
| County colours: | Royal blue and gold | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s): | Pearse Park, Longford | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae 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. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The Leinster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of Hurling, Gaelic football, Camogie, Rounders This is a list of Nicknames for the the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants The GAA county colours and flags of a GAA county are the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in the Gaelic The following is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association stadia. Pearse Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Longford, Ireland. Longford ( An Longfort in Irish) is the county town of County Longford in the Midlands of Ireland. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football For the latest competition see National Hurling League 2008. The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The Sam Maguire Cup often just called Sam ( Irish: Chorn Sam Maguire) is the name of the Cup that Gaelic football -teams play for in the final The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in Ireland. The Nicky Rackard Cup (Chorn Nicoláis Mhic Riocaird is in effect a competition for the "Division 3" Hurling teams the counties in Ireland that Ladies' Gaelic Football is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland. The Brendan Martin Cup is the name of the Cup that Ladies' Gaelic football teams play for in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team Sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of The O'Duffy Cup is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA originally based on the Counties of Ireland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the County Longford (Contae an Longfoirt is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. The county board is also responsible for the Longford inter-county teams
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History
Despite the small population of the county, Longford emerged to win National Football League and Leinster Senior Football Championship titles in both 1966 and 1968, and have since contributed some outstanding personalities to GAA history. For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota Ulster Bank Vodafone is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Gaelic football
Jackie Devine set up two goals for Longford in the last six minutes of the 1968 Leinster Senior Football Championship final to beat Laois by 3-9 to 1-4, where Sean Donnelly and Jim Hannify were the scorers. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota Ulster Bank Vodafone is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in It was their only Leinster title, and it came two years after a great victory over Galway by nine points to eight in the National League final. The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards
When they lost a replayed Leinster semi-final in 1970 it was their fourth semi-final in six years. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Victories over Westmeath and Wicklow in 1988 left the county on the verge of a Leinster final after twenty years. The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards The Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Mhantáin or Wicklow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The team played well against Dublin and led by three points at half-time. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Team manager and sports psychologist Brendan Hackett has cited what happened next in his book as an example of lack of self-belief in extremis: Dublin drew level with twenty minutes remaining and won by 18 points. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of
Since first getting the taste in 1928, Longford like to beat Meath in the Championship, and shocked them in 1982. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) They forced Offaly to a replay in 1984, but all of the promise of the Under-21 teams who reached successive Leinster finals in 1981 and 1982 failed to materialise. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
Recent History
Since the turn of the century Longford has failed to make any real strides in the championship and have only one two leinster ties, against Louth in 2001 by 1-11 to 1-9 and a great win against Westmeath in 2007 when they trailed by 8 points early in the second half but came back to win 2-13 to 1-13. The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Lú or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards Undoubtedly the 2006 championship was an exception when Longford proved to be the romance story of the championship. They began their leinster campaign with a narrow first round defeat against a higly fancied Dublin team losing 1-12 to 0-13. However all was not lost as they battled well in the backdoor with wins over Waterford, Tipperary and a fantastic 1-16 to 2-12 win at home to a good Derry side who were led by the superb Paddy Bradley (who scored 2-07). The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Pórt Láirge or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards For more details of Tipperary GAA see Tipperary Senior Club Football Championship, Tipperary Senior Club Hurling Championship, Tipperary Senior Club Hurling For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. Patrick 'Paddy' Bradley ( Pádraig Ó Brolcháin; born 23 May 1981) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with Their championship came to an end in the final round of the backdoor against eventual All-Ireland champions Kerry by 4-11 to 1-11 on the day Kieran Donaghy first embraced his new full-forward position. The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer for Kerry. He plays his club football for Austin Stacks in Tralee. Despite this loss it was the first time in 38 years that Longford managed to stay in the championship till late July.
Honours
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
- National Football League: 1
- Leinster Senior Football Championships: 1
- Leinster Minor Football Championships: 3
Hurling
Longford senior hurlers are currently competing in the Nicky Rackard Cup. The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition for junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota Ulster Bank Vodafone is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Nicky Rackard Cup (Chorn Nicoláis Mhic Riocaird is in effect a competition for the "Division 3" Hurling teams the counties in Ireland that
Ladies' Gaelic football
Honours
- All-Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Championships: 1
See also
External links
- Longford GAA site
- Longford on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Longford teams
- Club championship winners
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