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Kildare stand out as Micko’s troops fail to fire

NO goals in Portlaoise yesterday and four teams only scored 36 points.

Kildare stand out as Micko’s troops fail to fire

Mon, 23 May, 2011 - 01:00

Trevor Giles

Typical early days fare.

After defeating Mayo in last year’s qualifiers and running Down to four points in Newry, Longford missed a great opportunity. Their 16 wides tells a tale but a good run in the league was based around a big contribution from forwards Paul Barden, Brian Kavanagh and Sean McCormack.

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Sports Columnists Place: Portlaoise Place: Newry Person: Micko Person: Longford Person: Paul Barden Person: Brian Kavanagh Person: Sean McCormack Person: Barden Person: Kavanagh Person: Brian Person: Damien Sheridan Person: Dermot Brady Person: Declan Reilly Person: Daithi Carroll Person: MJ Tierney Person: MJ Person: Ross Munnelly Person: Donie Kingston Person: Wicklow Person: Mick O’Dwyer Person: Seanie Furlong Person: Michael Foley Person: Leighton Glynn Person: Austin O’Malley Person: Paddy Dalton Person: Morgan O’Flaherty Person: Ciaran Hyland Person: Alan Byrne Person: Stephen Kelly Person: O’Malley Person: Tomas O’Connor Person: Eoghan O’Gara Person: Darryl Flynn Person: Johnny Doyle Person: Kieran McGeeney Person: Flynn Person: Doyle Person: O’Connor Person: Alan Smyth Person: Ronan Sweeney Person: Padraig O’Neill Person: Eoghan O’Flaherty Person: James Kavanagh Person: Marty Duffy Organisation: Mayo Organisation: Longford Organisation: Laois Organisation: Wicklow Organisation: Kildare Organisation: Dublin

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