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…
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…
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…
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…
We had a very busy week just past on the playing fields with our seniors in league action against Clonguish on Wednesday evening and Granard on Saturday evening. On Wednesday we came away with full points against Clonguish on a score of 1-11 to 8 points. Saturday evenings game against Granard was a much tighter…
Our senior and junior teams had important league games at the weekend. First up our junior team faced up to a strong Fr Manning Gaels team in Emmet Park on Saturday evening in their penultimate league game. Going into the game top of the table, a win was vital to ensure we stayed there with only…
We had two great results in Pearse Park on Sunday evening in the junior and senior championship semi finals. First up our junior team faced up to Longford Slashers in a repeat of last years final. A close first half saw Slashers lead by the minimum margins on a score of 6 points to 5…
As championship fever builds around the county, this weekend was all about the league for Killoe as both our senior and junior teams were in action. On Friday evening our seniors took on Mostrim in Emmet Park, and fielding a very experimental side we found it hard to settle. However after some great displays by…
We had a very busy weekend just gone with our junior and senior teams in championship quarter finals on Friday and Sunday evening respectively. On Friday evening our junior team took on Cashel in Emmet Park. In what was a total mismatch of a game, we ran out very convincing winners. We now face either Longford Slashers…
Last weekend was a very busy one with both our junior and senior teams in championship action. On Friday evening our juniors travelled to Moydow to face the home side in round 3 of the championship. Having already qualified for the quarter finals, a victory was very important to ensure home advantage in the next…
We had mixed fortunes on the playing fields on Sunday, with both our junior and senior teams in action. First up on Sunday morning were our junior team who faced Young Gratten’s in round 2 of the championship. After a fine display by our entire backline in the first half, we went on to register…
Our junior team started their championship campaign on Sunday with a home tie against Carrickedmond. A much changed Killoe line up saw county minor stars Mìchael Hughes, Ryan Moffett and David McCarthy make their senior debuts and they certainly added pace to the team. In a game we dominated from the start, we eventually ran…
