Person: B Gilleran

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Armagh’s escape to victory leaves Denis Connerton fuming

Armagh 1-11 Longford 1-10: This was the ultimate smash and grab operation.

Donegal v Galway - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 4B

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Gallagher: Donegal face long road to redemption

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Longford open All-Ireland campaign with eight-point win over Louth

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Liam Kearns happy as Conor Sweeney keeps Tipperary ticking over

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Eight-point win for Longford

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Denis Connerton the Monaghan menace once again

Down v Longford - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 1B

Longford terminate Down's horror season

Down 3-17 Longford 2-24 (aet): Eamonn Burns will consider his future as Down manager after the county’s worst season on record came to a miserable end on Saturday.

Mon, 27 Jun, 2016

Pat Flanagan’s faith rewarded as fiery Offaly advance

Offaly 2-21 Longford 2-13: Offaly manager Pat Flanagan was understandably jubilant after Offaly won their first Leinster Championship match in nine years but was quick to challenge his players to go further.

Mon, 16 May, 2016

Westmeath slide into the abyss

Longford 0-13 Westmeath 0-11: Longford consolidated their position in Division 3 and relegated their neighbours in the process; Westmeath’s third consecutive demotion.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Clare kick on for promotion

Clare 1-20 Longford 1-9: Clare’s promotion aspirations are still on track after a merited 11-point win over visitors Longford at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

Longford first to lower Tipperary colours

Longford 1-17 Tipperary 1-11: A fine second half display saw Longford record their second league win in a row and inflict a first league defeat on Tipperary who ended the game with 14 men.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Goals make the difference as Kildare chalk up third win

Longford 0-10 Kildare 2-11: It was all the threes for Kildare as they made it three wins out of three in Division 3 with a seven point win against a dogged Longford side.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

Meath v Longford - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Final

Mick O’Dowd happy with Meath progress

O’Byrne Cup final - Meath 1-17 Longford 1-11: They may be more serfs than royals of Leinster but Mick O’Dowd envisages Meath’s senior footballers are now coming of age.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Longford v Dublin - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Semi-Final

Morale boosting win for Longford against Dublin

O’Byrne Cup - Longford 1-12 Dublin 0-9: In glorious sunshine or January’s incessant rain, Longford’s Pearse Park continues to be a frustrating venue for Dublin to visit.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Longford v Wicklow - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Section D

Second-half showing gets Longford home semi

Longford 1-9 Wicklow 1-5: A strong second-half performance saw Longford secure a home semi-final with O’Byrne Cup champions Dublin on Sunday.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

Longford reward for free-flowing football

Longford 2-15 Carlow 1-8: Three weeks on from their refusal to bow to pragmatism and shut up shop against Dublin, Longford’s commitment to attractive football finally paid off on Saturday.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2015

Jack Sheedy’s back as Offaly falter

Longford 0-16 Offaly 0-13: In a streaky game where both sides thrived on confidence, ultimately Offaly’s lack of self-belief cost them when they saw the finishing line.

Mon, 18 May, 2015

Longford return from seven-point deficit to oust Offaly

Longford’s survival instincts served them well as they came from seven points adrift to oust Offaly in a keenly contested Leinster SFC clash at O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Offaly firepower proves too much for Longford

Offaly had way too much firepower for Longford and it was their more clinical finishing of better chances created that earned them the new Division 4 silverware.

Sat, 25 Apr, 2015

Brian Kavanagh kicking king for Longford

Longford 1-18 Carlow 1-12: Longford full forward Brian Kavanagh kicked six points in a man-of-the-match performance as Longford maintained their unbeaten Division 4 record with a merited win over a plucky Carlow at Netwatch Cullen Park yesterday.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2015

Call to block hooter ‘defies logic’, says Waterford's Tom McGlinchey

Longford 1-12 Waterford 1-10

Mon, 09 Mar, 2015

Kavanagh Longford’s ace

Allianz FL Division 4 Round 2: Longford 0-14 Antrim 0-13: A free from the boot of Brian Kavanagh helped Longford to a narrow win over Antrim in their Division 4 clash played in foggy conditions at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

Mon, 09 Feb, 2015

Lorcan Smith stars as Westmeath edge Longford

Westmeath 2-11 Longford 0-10: Two second-half goals helped Westmeath to victory over neighbours Longford in their final O’Byrne Cup group game.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2015

Royals shake off Longford challenge

Meath 1-17 Longford 1-09: Nine successive points at the start of the second-half set Meath on the road to victory at Páirc Tailteann last night.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

Terrific Tipp continue charge up pecking order

Tipperary 2-17 Longford 0-6

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014

Tipp trounce Longford; Sheedy insists he will continue as coach

Jack Sheedy’s Longford were bounced out of the All-Ireland senior football championship by Tipperary this afternoon.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2014

Longford stave off Derry fightback to take deserved win

Derry 2-14 Longford 2-16

Sat, 21 Jun, 2014

Oversight prevents Déise’s O’Sullivan from appealing his two-match ban

An embarrassing oversight has prevented Waterford hurler Brian O’Sullivan from appealing a two-match ban. The forward picked up the suspension retrospectively following Waterford’s Munster SHC quarter-final defeat by Cork last Sunday week.

Sat, 21 Jun, 2014

Cody makes three changes as Cats ready to tear into Offaly

Kilkenny, who play Offaly in the Leinster SHC at Nowlan Park tomorrow (7pm), have made three changes from the league final win over Tipperary.

Fri, 06 Jun, 2014

Limerick display pleases Brudair

Limerick 2-11 Longford 0-11

Mon, 10 Feb, 2014

Kealy and Cox drafted in as Kerry host Oak Leafers

Kerry make two changes from the team that lost to Dublin for tomorrow’s Division 1 round two clash with Derry in Killarney.

Sat, 08 Feb, 2014

Mayo ‘100%’ confident Elverys deal safe

Mayo GAA officials are “100% sure” Elverys will honour their sponsorship deal with the county despite the retail chain announcing it was going into receivership yesterday.

Sat, 01 Feb, 2014

Slashers do damage in first-half

Longford Slashers (Longford) 3-13 Rathnew (Wicklow) 0-10

Mon, 04 Nov, 2013

Longford faith finds its reward

Longford 2-14 Limerick 0-09

Mon, 01 Jul, 2013

Longford trounce Limerick to progress to Monday's football draw

Longford 2-14 Limerick 0-9

Sat, 29 Jun, 2013

Wicklow make hard work of it

Wicklow 1-15 Longford 0-16

Mon, 27 May, 2013

Louth too strong

Louth 1-14 Longford 1-08

Mon, 08 Apr, 2013

Still no points for Longford footballers

Longford 0-6 Laois 0-9, Pearse Park

Sun, 24 Mar, 2013

Derry thrash Longford in Division 2

Derry 0-14 Longford 0-5

Sat, 16 Mar, 2013

Galway see off struggling Longford

Longford 3-7 Galway 3-11

Sun, 10 Mar, 2013

Grimley hails ‘special’ Clarke

Armagh 3-08 Longford 2-09

Mon, 04 Mar, 2013

Clarke inspires Armagh to first competitive win of season

Armagh 3-8 Longford 1-9

Sat, 02 Mar, 2013

O’Leary starts as Rebels make changes

Conor Counihan will be without his three U21 players for Sunday’s Division One trip to Newry.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2013

Limerick need extra time to dispatch Longford

Longford 1-15 Limerick 1-21 (after extra time)

Sat, 14 Jul, 2012

Model men set up Dublin meeting

Wexford 1-13 Longford 0-15

Sun, 10 Jun, 2012

Longford get even with the last kick

A draw was just about the right result from this hugely entertaining tie, and it is a bizarre turn of events that will see the sides face off for the fourth time in-a-row in next Sunday’s replay.

Mon, 04 Jun, 2012

Longford need last-minute point to rescue draw

Longford 2-9 Wexford 0-15

Sun, 03 Jun, 2012

Donnellan: Tribe can’t be one-man show

Cyril Donnellan knows Galway can’t depend solely on Joe Canning if they are to pick up some championship silverware this year.

Thu, 31 May, 2012

Longford stun Laois with second-half surge

Longford 1-10 Laois 0-12

Sun, 20 May, 2012

Longford edge out Wexford

With nothing at stake, as both counties had already clinched promotion, they rested their regulars.

Mon, 09 Apr, 2012