Dinner Dance: Our annual Dinner Dance takes place in the Longford Arms Hotel on Saturday night 18th of January. Tickets are available from the local pubs Begleys and The Olde Forge, also from Committee Members James McGoldrick 087 9585128, Cormac O’Donnell 086 3334004 and Brendan Bracken 086 3650922. Tickets are priced at €35 each. Dinner…
Christmas Lotto: Our lotto draw took place in Begleys on Sunday night the 22nd December. There were no jackpot winners. The numbers drawn were 8,12,18 and 24. The 20 winners were Mary Dowd Glenoghill, Megan Caherly New York, Frank Kiernan jnr, Browne Granchildren, Eugene Murphy Corneddan, MJ Keogh Enfield, Donal McGuire Esker, O’Connor family Abbeylara,…
Club AGM: We had a large turnout of our members in the clubhouse on Sunday last. Chairman James McGoldrick gave a very good account of events on and off the field in 2019. It had been well flagged James was stepping down after serving 4 years as Chairman. James received many plaudits for how he…
Club AGM: The AGM of the club will be held this Sunday December 15th beginning at 4.30pm. Nomination and motion papers will be available on the day. We have many positions becoming vacant including chairperson, vice chairperson and treasurer. A full turnout of all members who have the interest of our very successful club at…
Club AGM: The AGM of the club will be held on Sunday December 15th beginning at 4.30pm. Nomination and motion papers will be available on the day. We have many positions becoming vacant including chairperson, vice chairperson and treasurer. A full turnout of all members who have the interest of our very successful club at…
Club AGM: The AGM of the club will be held on Sunday December 15th beginning at 4.30pm. Nomination and motion papers will be available on the day. We have many positions becoming vacant including chairperson, vice chairperson and treasurer. A full turnout of all members who have the interest of our very successful club at…
Under-20 Success: Well done to all involved with the Killoe U20 team on retaining the title they won last year. It was a game in which we dominated from start to finish. In the opening half we played against the breeze but still went in at the break leading by Killoe 1-3 Wolfe Tones/Clonbroney 0-3….
Death of PJ Bennett: There was deep sadness on Thursday when word came through of the death of PJ Bennett. PJ played with the club in the 1970s. As a mark of respect the club formed a guard of honour before the funeral in Newtownforbes on Sunday. We extend our sincere sympathy to all PJs…
A special ceremony which ran alongside the GAA’s National Healthy Club Conference in Croke Park on October 5th, saw 84 GAA clubs recognised as official ‘Healthy Clubs’ on the island of Ireland. The day was about given recognition to the clubs and volunteers, by individually acknowledging the contribution that each GAA Healthy Club makes in…
Under 20 Victory: Our Under 20 team defeated Wolfe Tones/Clonbroney on Friday night last in Clonee on a scoreline of Killoe 0-14 Wolfe Tones/Clonbroney 1-5. We played some great open football for long spells of this game. Wolfe Tones/Clonbroney worked there way back into the game in the early part of the second-half. Killoe finished…
Leinster Club Championship defeat: Our senior team bowed out of the Leinster Club Championship on Sunday last at the hands of Westmeath champions Garrycastle. It was a game that we never got going in. In the end we were beaten by a far superior team. Final-Score Killoe 0-6 Garrycastle 0-15. As this is the last…
Leinster Club Championship: Next Sunday all roads lead to Cusack Park Mullingar when Killoe take on Westmeath champions Garrycastle in the AIB club championship. Throw in for this game is 1.30pm. We would appreciate support for all clubs in the county and from the parish. Best of luck to the team and management. Under-20 Championship:…
Leader Cup Semi-final: On Sunday we played Colmcille in the Leader Cup Semi-final in Pairc na Gael Dromard. Final-Score Killoe 0-9 Colmcille 0-13. The first-half started very even and after 12 minutes of play the sides were level at 2 points each. The half finished with both sides scoring 4 more points to leave the…
Late Ronan McGoldrick point secures 12th Senior Championship for Killoe. Killoe Young Emmets 0-12 Longford Slashers 0-11 A fisted point from Ronan McGoldrick saw Killoe crowned Longford senior football champions for the first time since 2015, in front of a crowd of over 3,500 at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. The excellent Daniel Mimnagh found McGoldrick in the…
Senior Championship: On Sunday last our Senior team recaptured the Sean Connolly Cup last won in the parish in 2015 following a 1 point victory over Longford Slashers. Final-Score Killoe 0-12 Longford Slashers 0-11. We were made fight for this victory and it took a last fisted point for the victory. Great credit goes to…
The 2019 County Final will be the 201st championship game played by a team from Killoe since the start of the Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890. This will be the 29th meeting of Killoe and Slashers in senior championship football. Thus far Killoe won 10, drawn 6 and lost 12. Killoe Erin’s Pride played…
Junior Championship: Hard luck to the Killoe Junior championship team who lost out in the final by just 1 point. Final Score Killoe 1-8 Kenagh 0-12. Kenagh had the better start to the game and after 15 minutes they led by 3 points to no score . Killoe had some good chances from frees to…
Junior Championship Final: Next Sunday afternoon all roads lead to Pearse Park for the Longford Junior Championship final with Killoe and Kenagh. We wish Kevin Dooner and management team and panel members the very best of luck. Please come out and support our team in the final. Senior League Win: We played our final league…
A Night with GAA Legends: The club is hosting an Evening with GAA Legends on Saturday evening the 5th of October commencing at 7.30pm in the clubhouse Clonee. We are very much looking forward to this evening and the Legends who will be in attendance are Tyrone star Peter Canavan, Westmeath star Dessie Dolan, Armagh…
Marie Brady ‘Rose Of Tralee’ Journey: Next Sunday Marie leaves the parish to start her Rose of Tralee journey ending up in Tralee. On behalf of the Club we wish her a very enjoyable and memorable experience and know that she will do Longford and Killoe proud. We look forward to seeing her on our…
