Congratulations to our Schoolboys (Championship winners), Schoolgirls (Championship winners), U-16 lads (League winners) and Ladies Senior teams (League winners) all of whom captured county titles in one week to end the month of May 2014 on a very positive note. Our Schoolgirls team made history by capturing their first ever Championship title by beating Dromard…
Killoe GAA is running Mini Fantasy League for the 2014 All-Ireland Football Championship on the ‘Face the ball’ website. This league runs from week to week and is based on predicting the scores in all games throughout the All Ireland Gaelic Football Championship. To participate please follow the instructions below… Create your own personal account…
The 2014 Dinner Dance took place on Saturday 18th January 2014 in Longford Arms Hotel. Congratulations to all our award winners and well done to those who helped to make the night a success. Award winners on the night included… Senior Clubperson of the Year = Danny Keogh Senior Player of the Year = Shane Dowd…
Check out the latest information from GAA headquarters regarding the new carding rules. The Gaelic Football Rule Changes which became operative on 1 January 2014 are as follows: Overview of new rules Introduction of a Black Card for Cynical Behaviour Fouls. Change in the number of substitutes allowed. Distinction between Deliberate and Accidental Fouls. Definition…
Colm Harte – Principal of St. Teresas N.S. in Killoe – has won the GAAs “Pat Trainor” Award for 2013. This lifetime achievement award is a National award presented by GAA President Liam O Neill, in recognition of the contribution made to the development of the underage game at schools level. Colm who is Principal…
County Final Longford Slashers v Dromard Semi Finals Longford Slashers v Colmcille St. Columba’s v Dromard Quarter Finals A) Abbeylara v St. Columba’s B) Killoe 0-10 v Longford Slashers 0-13 C) Clonguish 1-05 v Colmcille 1-10 D) Dromard v Mostrim Round 3 Results Fr. Manning Gaels 0-07 v Colmcille 0-08 Clonguish 1-09 v Dromard 1-05 Granard 2-05…
Killoe Ladies Complete Four-in-a-row Report from Longford Leader Killoe Ladies further cemented their position as kingpins of Longford Ladies Football when they overcame Clonguish on Saturday last to clinch their fourth senior ‘A’ championship title in a row and retain the much-coveted Alison Smyth memorial trophy in its second Championship season. This was a fast…
Killoe Senior Team will be taking part in this weekends FBD All Ireland Club 7s at Kilmacud. Group 1: Clan na nGael (Dublin), Eoghan Rua (Derry), Ilen Rovers (Cork), Celbridge (Kildare) Group 2: Carbury (Kildare), St Oliver Plunketts E-R (Dublin), Tempo Maguires (Fermanagh), Claremorris (Mayo) Group 3: Killoe Emmet Óg (Longford), Naomh Conaill (Donegal), Caherlistrane (Galway), Naomh Olaf…
2013 Training Gear is now on sale and can be ordered until August 9th 2013. Available Sizes.. Kids = 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 10/11, Youth = 13/14, Adults = All sizes Training Gear for sale (All prices accurate at time of printing)… Hoodies with crest: Kids = €30, 13/14 = €36, Adults = €41 Skins with club name:…
MacNamee Award 2012 The Killoe GAA website has won the 2012 MacNamee Award for ‘Best Website’, becoming the first winner from Longford since 1993 and the first ever winner from Longford in the Digital category. The MacNamee Award recognises excellence in various areas of GAA media & communication each year. Speaking at the ceremony, Alan…
This list represents our best effort to reflect final times as accurately as possible within the spirit of a Fun Run. Any errors that may exist within this data set are completely unintentional. Thank you to all of the 260+ runners who took part. We hope to see you all again next year. 5k Race…
Report from Longford-Dublin Association The splash of Green and White in and around the Irish House Party pub in Dublin’s Francis street on a recent Friday evening quickly gave the game away: Killoe GAA club members were in town, primarily to announce the local Gathering they’ve planned, and of course they were also welcomed on…
Our annual dinner dance took place last Saturday night at the Longford arms hotel. This was a very well attended event with close on 400 people present. The club would like to extend a big thank you to all who attended and supported this event. The event commenced at 8p.m. and thank you to all…
Killoe end wonderful year with the winning of the Leader Cup Source: Longford Leader – Wednesday 19 Dec 2012 It took Killoe quite some time to assert their superiority over Longford Slashers in the Leader Cup Final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park on Sunday last but when they eventually turned on the power in the…
Killoe produce a powerful performance to retain the U-21 ‘A’ title Source: Longford Leader,15 December 2012 Killoe are enjoying the most successful season in their proud history and it got even better at Emmet Park on Friday night last as their exceptionally strong U-21 team (backboned by several members of their senior squad) crushed the…
Killoe Young Emmets dominates the 2012 Team of the Championship with seven of our players selected for the Longford version of the All-Stars Awards. Nominated by the readers of the Longford Leader, our Team of the Year players are… Sean McCormack, Michael Quinn, Padraig McCormack, Shane Dowd, Joe McCormack, Daniel Keogh and Daniel Mimnagh –…
GAA club life at its best on a rainy day in Portlaoise Irish Independent, Monday November 26 2012 It has been a long year of football, but I haven’t seen a better contest than the Leinster club semi-final, which I watched in terrible conditions in Portlaoise. This game really had it all except for one…
Leinster club SFC Quarter Final: Killoe demolish O’Mahonys Killoe (Longford) 2-13 O”Mahonys (Meath) 0-8 Report from Irish Independent Longford champions Killoe Emmet Óg scored an emphatic and deserved win over fancied Meath kingpins Navan O’Mahonys in this AIB Leinster Club SFC quarter-final at Pearse Park on Sunday. Tommy McCormack’s charges have a semi-final trip to Portlaoise…
THE MEN IN THE WHITE AND THE GREEN Aron Fitzpatrick, Nov 2012 In the month of October We were perfectly sober As the light slowly gave way to the dark Now it’s November And still I remember That fine Autumn day in Pearse Park Ah yes I recall Every kick of the…
Irish Times newspaper – 28th October 2012 Killoe Young Emmets 2-7, St Anne’s (Wexford) 2-4 Just A week after winning the Longford title following a replay win after extra-time against Slashers, Killoe Young Emmets showed some great fighting spirit to get the better of Wexford opponents St Anne’s in the Leinster club first round clash…
