Longford GAA

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Longford GAA

Irish:

An Longfort

Province:

Leinster

Nickname:

none

County Colours:

Royal blue and gold

Grounds:

Pearse Park, Longford

Dominant Sport:

Gaelic football

NFL:

Division 2

NHL:

Division 3

Football Championship:

Sam Maguire Cup

Hurling Championship:

Nicky Rackard Cup

Ladies' Gaelic football:

Brendan Martin Cup

Camogie:

O'Duffy Cup





Standard colours

The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae An Longfort) or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.

1 History
2 Gaelic football
- 2.1 Honours
3 Hurling
4 Ladies' Gaelic football
- 4.1 Honours
5 External links

[edit] History

Despite the small population of the county, Longford emerged to win National League and Leinster titles in both 1966 and 1968, and have since contributed some outstanding personalities to GAA history.

[edit] Gaelic football

Jackie Devine set up two goals for Longford in the last six minutes of the 1968 Leinster final to beat Laois by 3-9 to 1-4, where Sean Donnelly and Jim Hannify were the scorers. It was their only Leinster title, and it came two years after a great victory over Galway by nine points to eight in the National League final.

When they lost a replayed Leinster semi-final in 1970 it was their fourth semi-final in six years. Victories over Westmeath and Wicklow in 1988 left the county on the verge of a Leinster final after twenty years. The team played well against Dublin and led by three points at half-time. Team manager and sports psychologist Brendan Hackett has cited what happened next in his book as an example of lack of self-belief in extremis: Dublin drew level with twenty minutes remaining and won by 18 points.

Since first getting the taste in 1928, Longford like to beat Meath in the Championship, and shocked them in 1982. They forced Offaly to a replay in 1984, but all of the promise of the Under-21 teams who reached successive Leinster finals in 1981 and 1982 failed to materialise.

[edit] Honours

All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
- 1937
National Football League: 1
- 1966
Leinster Senior Football Championships: 1
- 1968
Leinster Minor Football Championships: 3
- 1929, 1938, 2002

[edit] Hurling

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[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

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[edit] Honours

All-Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Championships: 1
- 1997

[edit] External links

Gaelic Athletic Association (2006)
National Football League
Division 1	A	Cork \| Dublin \| Fermanagh \| Kerry \| Mayo \| Monaghan \| Offaly \| Tyrone
Division 1	B	Armagh \| Derry \| Down \| Galway \| Kildare \| Laois \| Meath \| Wexford
Division 2	A	Carlow \| Clare \| Donegal \| Leitrim \| London \| Longford \| Roscommon \| Westmeath
Division 2	B	Antrim \| Cavan \| Limerick \| Louth \| Sligo \| Tipperary \| Waterford \| Wicklow
National Hurling League
Division 1	A	Clare \| Cork \| Down \| Offaly \| Waterford \| Wexford
Division 1	B	Antrim \| Galway \| Kilkenny \| Laois \| Limerick \| Tipperary
Division 2	A	Carlow \| Derry \| Dublin \| Meath \| Roscommon \| Wicklow
Division 2	B	Kerry \| Kildare \| London \| Mayo \| Westmeath
Division 3	A	Donegal \| Leitrim \| Louth \| Monaghan \| Sligo
Division 3	B	Armagh \| Cavan \| Fermanagh \| Longford \| Tyrone
Connacht \| Leinster \| Munster \| Ulster \| Third level

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Nicky Rackard Cup (2006)
Armagh \| Cavan \| Derry \| Donegal \| Fermanagh \| Leitrim \| Longford \| Louth \| Monaghan \| Sligo \| Tyrone \| Warwickshire
Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)