Longford
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Jack O’Connor happy to ease into manager’s role at Kildare
- Gaelic Football
- December 8, 2019, 16:03
As first games go, this was something of a damp squib. An O’Byrne Cup defeat to Longford in St Conleths Park on a drab and chilly December afternoon (...)

Leinster football championship ‘a lame duck’ says former Longford boss
- Gaelic Football
- October 8, 2019, 01:00
The Leinster football championship is “over” according to former Longford manager Dennis Connerton. He was speaking in the context of the draw for (...)

Longford and Kildare draw in a curious sort of epic
- Gaelic Football
- May 26, 2019, 20:20
Kildare 1-21 Longford 3-15 AET This was one of those draws where you’d struggle to make a cast-iron argument that either side deserved to win. It was(...)

Tipp still alive after stunning comeback denies old rivals Cork
- Gaelic Games
- May 28, 2018, 01:00
On an afternoon when the provincial championships rocked and rolled across the country, it was the oldest of old firms who gave us the first hint of a(...)
![Dublin footballer Jack McCaffrey: “It’s just completely individual ... If you tie yourself to [a date], you’re setting yourself up for a fall. You just have to move at your own pace through it.” Photograph by Dan Sheridan/Inpho Dublin footballer Jack McCaffrey: “It’s just completely individual ... If you tie yourself to [a date], you’re setting yourself up for a fall. You just have to move at your own pace through it.” Photograph by Dan Sheridan/Inpho](/polopoly_fs/1.3383608.1518024765!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Dublin’s Jack McCaffrey targeting Championship return
- Gaelic Games
- February 8, 2018, 06:00
Jack McCaffrey and Liam Connerton are perhaps unlikely friends but university and, more recently, a shared injury journey has bound them together tig(...)

Cork prove a bridge too far as Longford run out of steam
- Gaelic Football
- July 16, 2016, 17:19
Cork 2-9 Longford 1-6 It wasn’t third time lucky for Longford as a fine second half display saw Cork advance to the fourth round of the qualifiers.(...)

Longford pull off the shock of the championship so far
- Gaelic Football
- July 9, 2016, 21:37
Longford 2-13 Monaghan 1-13 A goal by Robbie Smyth with eight minutes of normal time remaining catapulted Longford to victory over last year’s Ulst(...)

Offaly end nine year wait for Leinster championship win
- Gaelic Football
- May 15, 2016, 17:46
Offaly 2-21 Longford 2-13 Nine years is a too long for any county to wait for a win in the Leinster championship, and Offaly won this game with exact(...)

Longford not getting carried away with Dublin win
- Gaelic Football
- January 17, 2016, 18:15
Longford 1-12 Dublin 0-9 “No one is getting carried away,” said Denis Connerton, although no harm pretending. It’s not often Longford get to beat the(...)

Michael Quinn and Killoe Emmett Óg daring to dream big
- Gaelic Games
- October 22, 2015, 01:00
Not many football competitions can claim 23 different winners in its 45 years of existence. Or create such a level playing field that every team that(...)