Congratulations to all players and management of the St. Mel’s Leinster U-14 winning team and in particular to our club representatives players and management. The future looks brightly for our club as we had six starting members and a further three panel members also three members on the management. Our Couch to 5K is in…
Our Annual Dinner Dance took place in the Longford Arms Hotel on Saturday night last. A great night was had. Our MC on the night was John Dowd who made sure all proceedings ran smoothly and in an orderly manner. The award recipients on the night were Junior Player of the year Emmet Toher who…
Registration for our Couch-5km will be on Wednesday January 16th 7-8pm at Emmet Park Clonee Killoe. This is a 6 week Programme in the Mall Longford 2 days a week, every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm as a walker with walking group or as a jogger with Brendan Doyle at 6.30-7.20pm for beginners or 7.30 -8.30pm for advanced…
Our annual general meeting took place last Sunday and was very well attended. The meeting opened with a blessing from Fr. Sean Casey. Our chairman, Jim McGoldrick, Secretary, Brian Donohoe and treasurer Geraldine Halpin presented very positive reports on club developments in 2018 which were all ratified. All 3 were greatly praised for their commitment…
Our annual general meeting takes place on Sunday the 6th of January in the club house at 4pm. We have some positions becoming vacant on the committee so a good attendance would be appreciated. Our annual dinner dance will take place on Saturday night the 19th of January in the Longford Arms. Entertainment on the…
Our Christmas draw and fundraising event took place in the Olde Forge on Saturday night last and was a tremendous nights entertainment. Our prize winners on the night were €500, Doireann Fox, Esker, Casey and Becky Rowley, Knockloughlin and Janice O Kane Care of Abbott’s. Well done to all the winners. Massive thanks to all…
Huge congratulations to Mullinalaughta on their fantastic achievement on being the first Longford team to capture a Leinster title on Sunday last. Despite our recent local rivalry on the pitch we were all behind you and delighted with your success. Well done to all involved. Our Christmas fundraiser draw takes place this coming Saturday night…
Best wishes to our neighbours St Columba’s this weekend in the Leinster club final. We sincerely hope you are the first Longford Club to bring home a Leinster championship title. Preparations are well underway for our Christmas fundraiser with tickets widely available door to door and throughout the parish for our draw on the 15th…
Last week we launched our Christmas fundraising draw for 2018 and we are again taking part in the GAA national draw which has fantastic prizes. The main GAA draw will take place in February 2019 with a car as the top prize. There are 20 prizes in total ranging from exciting travel vouchers to All…
This week we are launching our Christmas fundraising draw and we are again taking part in the Gaa national draw which has fantastic prizes. The main GAA draw will take place in February 2019 with a car as the top prize. There are 20 prizes in total ranging from exciting travel vouchers to All Ireland…
Our lotto draw for a jackpot of €3,700 took place in the Olde Forge on Sunday night and the numbers drawn were 7, 16, 21 and 32. There was no jackpot winner. €20 winners were Marie Kiernan, Carryglas, Seamus Nolan, Bawn, Dan O Shea, C/O The Olde Forge, Padraig Blake, Toneywarden, Granard and Tony Corcoran,…
Our Lotto draw for a jackpot of €3,600 took place on Sunday night in Begleys bar and the numbers drawn were 9, 12 , 18 , 32. There was no jackpot winner. €20 winners were Shane Morrissey, Aughaboy, Grace Lee Begleys, Maureen Carrigy, Ballinalee, Brian Brady Boher and Ger Carberry Derryharrow. This week’s sellers prize went…
On Tuesday the 6th of November we are inviting everyone to the launch of the Healthy Club in clubhouse at 8.30pm. There will be a video premiere of our 3 short videos. We hope to make our campaign #JustPlayFootball live there and then. Video 1- children’s interviews. Video 2 – Killoe referee interviews. Video 3-…
Our very own Brid McGoldrick who is Longford Gaa’s vice chairperson and National Healthy club chairperson, opened the National GAA Healthy club Conference last Saturday in Croke Park, to over 500 people in inspirational fashion. It was a very proud moment for Killoe and Longford. Killoe Emmet Og Healthy club presented their project to clubs…
Our under 20 team captured the championship title on Sunday last, in this the inaugural year of this grade in Longford Football when we had a good win over a Mostrim/Sean Connollys amalgamation. Well done to trainer Kevin Dooner and his management team as well as the entire panel. This was a fantastic achievement following…
Our fabulous minor team captured the championship title on Sunday last to add to the league crown won earlier in the year, when we held on by a single point to defeat Carrick Sarsfields/St Dominics after a nail-biting contest. This is our second year in a row to capture the league and championship titles and…
All roads lead to Pearse Park next Sunday where our minor team are going for back to back championships where we face the mighty amalgamation of Carrick Sarsfields and St Domininc’s with throw in at 2pm. This is the curtain raiser to the senior final and is sure to be a very exciting game. We…
Our junior team captured the junior championship with a hard fought win over Clonguish in Pearse Park on Sunday. A goal from the ever dependable Andrew Thompson mid way through the second half proved to be the difference with our lads holding out for a tight 1-8 to 7 points win. We had fine performances…
All roads lead to Pearse Park this coming Sunday with our Junior team contesting the junior championship final against Clonguish at 2pm. We wish manager Kevin Dooner and all involved all the best in the game. Hopefully we will be celebrating on Sunday evening.Our seniors had a good win over Longford Slashers in the Leader…
Well done to our junior team who had a fine win over FR. Manning Gaels on Sunday last in the championship semi final. We now face Clonguish in the final on Sunday week next. Parish GAA video: There will be a parish video shoot in Emmet Park on Saturday 14th of September in conjunction with…
