Last weekend was all about the senior championship as our junior championship game against Carrickedmond was postponed until this coming Sunday. Our senior team traveled to Ballinalee on Sunday last to take on Longford Slashers in round 2. In a game that was played in terrible conditions, we go off to a dreadful start and found ourselves…
We got our senior championship off to a good start with victory over Mostrim on Friday evening last. The game saw a return to senior competitive action for Padraig McCormack as well as senior championship debuts for Ciaran Donohoe, Liam Hughes, Gary Connell and John Lynch. In a game that we controlled throughout, Sean McCormack…
Pride of place this weeks goes our minor club Killoe Òg, members of whom had great results at the weekend. On Friday our under 14 team and management travelled to the All Ireland Fèile Peile Nà Nòg competition 2015 which took place this year in counties Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow. Having played two games on Friday…
We had a quiet weekend last weekend with no games. Training is continuing for all players. This coming weekend we have games in the senior B championship and the division 3 league. Please see fixtures for full details. Well done to Mickey Quinn and the Longford team on their fine win on Saturday evening. Our…
On Saturday evening last we collected our first silverware of the year with a very late and hard fought victory over a very determined Abbeylara team in splendid conditions in Ballinalee. Trailing through out and not looking like winning, we found ourselves 2 points down with 59 minutes on the clock. However up stepped super…
Ourselves and Longford Slashers got to know each other very well last weekend with our senior and junior teams meeting in the Division 1 and 3 of the All county Leagues. On Saturday evening our senior lads travelled to Michael Fay Park, and having played against a gale force breeze in the first half, found…
Our senior reserve team contested the league semi final on Saturday evening last in dreadful conditions in Emmet Park against Mostrim. In what was very much a game of two halves, we held a commanding half time lead of 2-7 to 3 points. However Mostrim threw everything at us in the second half which left…
Our senior reserve team welcomed Dromard to Emmet Park on Friday evening last and the game was played in glorious conditions. In a high scoring and entertaining game we ran out winners on a score of 1-23 to 3-6. We have now qualified for the semi final of this competition where we will face Mostrim….
Massive congratulations to both the Longford senior and minor teams who had great wins in the Leinster Championship at the weekend. On Friday evening our county minors took on Carlow in Pearse Park and had a fine win. Killoe stars Michael Hughes, Ryan Moffett, Shane Thompson and David McCarthy are all involved with the county…
Congratulations to our schoolboy team who had a great win in the Division 1 championship final last week against a strong Ardagh team. Going into the game as underdogs having comprehensively lost earlier in the year to Ardagh our lads trained hard over the last few months to record a fine win in the final. Well…
Last weekend was a busy weekend on the playing fields with 3 of our teams in action. First up on Friday evening our senior team travelled to the Laurels to face the home side in a repeat of last years county final. In a game in which we twice held commanding leads, the home side…
It was with heavy hearts we returned to Emmet Park on Friday evening last for our first activity’s since the tragic death of Terry McCormack, when our junior B team welcomed Kenagh to Clonee for a league game at 8.30p.m. In a fitting tribute to Terry both teams observed a minutes silence before throw in…
It was with huge disbelief and the greatest possible sadness and regret that we learned on Friday evening last of the very sudden passing of one of our finest clubmen, Terry McCormack. Firstly, Terry was a great husband to Josephine and father to Sinead, Padraig and Sean and we offer them our sincerest sympathies at…
We had a very busy day on Sunday last with both our junior and senior teams in league action. First up were our junior team who travelled to Abbeylara at 11.30am for what is always a very tough fixture. Having played against a considerable breeze in the first half we found ourselves ahead by a…
Our Senior and junior reserve teams were in action last weekend with differing results. Our junior lads faced Mostrim in Emmet Park on Friday evening in what was an entertaining game. However we came out on the wrong side of 3-10 to 1-10 scoreline. On Saturday evening our senior reserve team travelled to Monaduff to…
Our senior reserve team were in action in difficult conditions on Saturday evening at home to Colmcille. Playing against the wind in the first half we went in at half time leading 8 points to 1-1. However we turned on the style in the second half to pull away and win on a score of…
Our annual 5k and 10k races took place on Sunday last and were very well attended. Both races departed the club house in glorious sunshine at 12 midday and were fully enjoyed by all who took part. The top 4 in our 10K were Donal Mulligan, Kevin Ward and Daniel Walsh with our own Mick O Hara…
Killoe GAA has signed up to the Topaz cash for clubs loyalty competition which Topaz are now running up to the 15th of May 2015. To support our club in this fundraiser, simply pick up a card at your local topaz service station. Every time you purchase fuel valued at €40 or over, you will receive…
The reserve leagues continued last weekend for our teams with mixed results. Our reserve junior team were at home to Legan on Friday evening and despite a much improved performance, we still fell short on a final score of Legan 1-7, Killoe 7 points. Indeed but for some wayward shooting in the second half we…
Our playing year started last weekend with mixed results. Our senior reserve team took on Mostrim in Emmet Park on Saturday evening and following a very tight game, came away with a share of the spoils, on a score of 1-9 each with John Kiernan finding the net for Killoe. On Sunday morning our junior…
