The 2015 Longford GAA All Stars award night was held on Saturday 28th November, with Killoe dominating the Team of the Year with 8 awards in total, Abbeylara with 4, Dromard with 2 and Clonguish with 1. Congratulations to all winners and to all those who were nominated. The full list of awards presented to…
Two great nights of entertainment guaranteed with the excellent Patrick Feeney on Friday night the 4th December followed by Brave Giant and DJ Justiy on Saturday the 5th December. Tickets are on sale from any committee member, in our local shops as well as Coy and Farrell’s in town for Friday night only. Pay on the…
Unfortunately our Leinster championship voyage came to a shattering end in Portlaoise on Sunday afternoon last. Going into the game as hot favourites, Portlaoise certainly thought us a lesson in how to play football winning in clinical fashion on a score of 5-12 to 11 points. After an excellent start with fine points by Danny…
Longford Leader – 20th November 2015 The entire Killoe team that started in the senior football championship final win against Abbeylara are among the 30 nominations for the 2015 Team of the Championship, a clear reflection of the dominance they have enjoyed in recent years. Winners of back-to-back county titles for the first time, Emmet…
On Sunday last we contested the under 21 A championship final in dreary weather conditions in Pearse Park and unfortunately came out on the wrong end of a 1-12 to 2-4 result. Trailing by 4 at half time after an early Jamie King goal, we pulled level after the restart thanks to a Darren Kelly…
LEINSTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: Our Senior team took another step along the Leinster Club Championship road on Sunday last when at a damp and windy Glennon Bros. Pearse Park we overcame a determined Navan O’Mahony’s (Meath) team to set a up a Semi Final clash with old rivals Portlaoise. Emmet Og took the game to O’Mahony’s…
By Deniese O’Flaherty Killoe Emmet Óg 0-11 Navan O’Mahony’s 1-06 Six second-half points in a row helped Longford champions Emmet Og advance to the Leinster Club semi-finals with two points to spare over Navan O’Mahony’s. Despite taking an early lead, the Killoe side found themselves trailing by two points at the break thanks to Ruairi…
We finished off our senior league campaign with an agonizing 1 point defeat to Abbeylara on Sunday last in Emmet Park. In a game we looked like winning with 10 minutes to go, Abbey got 3 late points to edge themselves ahead by 13 points to 12 and despite late chances, we couldn’t engineer an equalizer….
We got our Leinster championship campaign off to a fantastic start on Sunday last with an emphatic victory over Saint James of Wexford. A lightning start saw Mark Hughes rattle the back of the net for the first score before further first half goals by Sean McCormack, Larry Moran and Denis McGoldrick left it almost game…
Underage News Minor training will continue every Thursday at 7:30pm in Clonee. Fundraising Our annual bag pack will be held on the 30/31st of October in Dunnes Stores. Anybody available to help out on these two days please give your name to Orla Toher. Best of luck Best of luck to our senior men’s team…
Congratulations to our minor team and mentors on the fantastic victory our Clonguish on a scoreline of 1-20 to 3-12 after extra time in the league semi final on Sunday. This was a very exciting encounter thanks to both team efforts. Best wishes to our minors in the forthcoming league final set for next weekend. Please keep an eye…
Hard luck to our minor team in losing the Minor championship final to Northern Gaels on a scoreline of 0-8 to 1-7. We are proud of the determination shown by this young squad in the final itself and for all the hard work they have put in to get there.. Special thanks to…
Our senior team continued their recent great form over the weekend with a fine win over Fr. Manning Gaels in the league. Final score Emmet Òg 4-17, Fr Manning Gaels 10 points. This leaves us top of the table on score difference with our biggest challengers Abbeylara left to play. Unfortunately our minor team fell to…
Spot the Ball Results 09/10/2015 – €25: Nellie Gormley c/o Nellie McGoldrick, €100: Cathy Hanley, Newtownforbes 02/10/2015 – €25: Orla Corr Ennybegs, €100: Mary Donoghue Minor News Hard luck to our minor ladies team who lost out narrowly to Drumlish in the championship. Training will continue as normal for the girls this Thursday at 7:30pm in Clonee. Congratulations…
Peter Hanley Motors 2015 Senior Football Championship Final Killoe Emmet Óg 1-14 Abbeylara 1-11 Report by Padraic O’Brien – Longford Leader Killoe Emmet Óg won back-to-back senior football championship titles for the first time in the proud history of the club when they overcame Abbeylara by the narrow margin of three points in a highly entertaining county…
Sunday last was a historic day in our great clubs history when for the first time ever we put back to back championships together. We headed for Pearse Park on Sunday last knowing we faced a massive test against a strong Abbeylara team. After 20 minutes we certainly knew we were in a game when we…
Well done to our U16’s on winning the Juvenile championship by beating Longford Slashers on a scoreline of 8 points to 7 points in Pearse Park on Saturday afternoon. It set the ball rolling in style for one of the most important weekends of in our Club history where we were contesting 3 county finals. …
This coming week is one of the most important ever in the modern history of our great club when we have the chance to put back to back senior championship titles together for the first time. Standing in the way is a mighty test from Abbeylara who will have their own designs on taking the…
Spot the ball results €100 winner Mary Tully Corlinan €25 winners Michelle Hughes, Helen Duffy, Anne Gilna and Florence Connell Underage News Our minor team had no game last Sunday but they had training instead. Training will continue every Wednesday at 7:30pm in Clonee Fundraising News Many thanks to all who supported our bingo fundraiser…
The club held their 40th anniversary celebration on Saturday last 26th September. We would thank Navan O ‘Mahoney’s U10 team and Ardagh u8’s for joining us in our celebrations. Our U14’s played a challenge game. After the football was over we presented our founding members Marion Lynch on behalf her late husband Packie Joe, John…
