Longford Senior Football Championship

The Longford Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Longford GAA among the Senior grade Gaelic football clubs in County Longford, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Longford Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2019 Longford Senior Football Championship
Founded1890
Title holdersKilloe Young Emmets (12th title)
Most titlesLongford Slashers (16 titles)
SponsorsPeter Hanley Motors

The current champions are Killoe Young Emmets winning their 12th Senior Championship title in 2019. Longford Slashers have won more titles (16) than any other club, while Clonguish hold the record for most consecutive wins, with four in a row in 1962, '63, '64 and '65.

Roll of Honour
Team Winner Winning Years
1 Longford Slashers 16 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013
2 Clonguish 12 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1981, 2003, 2004, 2009
Killoe Young Emmets 12 1907, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1960, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019
3 St. Mary's Granard 11 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1941, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1982
4 Drumlish * 8 1927, 1928, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945
5 Fr. Manning Gaels * 7 1951, 1953, 1955, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
6 Colmcille 6 1890, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1958, 2008
7 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 5 1948, 1950, 2016, 2017, 2018
8 Dromard 4 1946, 1999, 2005, 2007
Ardagh St. Patrick's 4 1936, 1942, 1978, 1987
Cashel 4 1977, 1983, 1984, 1986
9 Mostrim 3 1974, 1985, 1992
10 Abbeylara 2 2000, 2006
Longford Leo Caseys 2 1904, 1905
Longford Wanderers 2 1944, 1947
11 Ballymahon 1 2002
Rathcline 1 1976
Ballinamuck 98's * 1 1920
Sean Connollys ** 1 1919

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(* The parish of Drumlish had two separate and competing clubs during the first four decades of the 20th Century, namely Drumlish and Ballinamuck 98’s. The first Senior Championship title won by a Drumlish parish team was won by Ballinamuck 98’s in 1920. The two clubs played each other in the County Final of 1927, and Drumlish went on to win 8 Championship Titles in 1927, 28, 32, 37, 39, 40, 43 & 45. Throughout that period both clubs existed and competed separately, with Ballinamuck winning the Junior Championship in 1938. By the end of the 1940s a new club emerged which incorporated players from both Drumlish and Ballinamuck – Young Ireland’s or Drumlish Young Ireland’s. This parish-wide club won Senior Championships in 1951, 1953 & 1955 and was runner-up in County Finals of 1958, 1961 & 1966. Young Ireland’s failed to form in 1967, and Ballinamuck re-appeared briefly as a Junior Club. In 1969 the Fr. Manning Gaels club was established as a parish-wide club and would go on to win Senior Championships in 1996, 1997, 1998 & 2001. For roll of honour accuracy, senior titles won by Fr Manning Gaels and Young Irelands are combined because both were similar parish-wide club entities. However they are not merged with titles won by Drumlish (1927, 28, 32, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45) or Ballinamuck 98’s (1920) as those were won as separate competing clubs who in fact played each other in the County Final of 1927. For historical accuracy & consistency, titles in the roll of honour are allocated to clubs, not parishes.)

(** Clonbroney Camlin Rovers won the 1919 title and the club was later renamed Sean Connollys.)

County Finals & Scores
Year Winner Opponent
2019 [1] Killoe Young Emmets 0-12 Longford Slashers 0-11
2018 [2] Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 2-14 (0-06) Abbeylara 1-02 (0-06)
2017 [3] Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 0-13 Abbeylara 1-07
2016 [4] Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 1-08 Abbeylara 0-08
2015 [5] Killoe Young Emmets 1-14 Abbeylara 1-11
2014 [6] Killoe Young Emmets 2-11 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 0-10
2013 [7] Longford Slashers 1-11 Dromard 1-09
2012 [8][9] Killoe Young Emmets 0-15 (0-07) Longford Slashers 0-12 (0-07)
2011 Longford Slashers 0-07 Clonguish 0-06
2010 Longford Slashers 0-11 Dromard 1-05
2009 [10] Clonguish 0-09 (1-11) Dromard 1-05 (1-11)
2008 Colmcille 0-13 Longford Slashers 0-07
2007 Dromard 1-08 Colmcille 2-04
2006 Abbeylara 1-09 Longford Slashers 0-10
2005 Dromard 1-14 Fr. Manning Gaels 0-12
2004 [11] Clonguish 1-15 Fr. Manning Gaels 0-05
2003 [12][13] Clonguish 0-11 (0-11) Ballymahon 1-01 (1-08)
2002 [14] Ballymahon 1-11 Clonguish 0-12
2001 Fr. Manning Gaels 1-09 St. Mary's, Granard 0-06
2000 Abbeylara 2-06 Fr Manning Gaels 0-04
1999 Dromard 1-10 (1-07) Abbeylara 1-08 (0-10)
1998 Fr. Manning Gaels 1-11 Abbeylara 2-07
1997 Fr. Manning Gaels 0-12 Longford Slashers 0-06
1996 Fr. Manning Gaels 0-15 St. Patrick's, Ardagh 0-08
1995 Killoe Young Emmets 0-11 St. Patrick's, Ardagh 1-05
1994 Longford Slashers 2-11 Colmcille 1-11
1993 Killoe Young Emmets 0-09 St. Mary's, Granard 0-07
1992 Mostrim 3-09 Sean Connollys 1-07
1991 Longford Slashers 1-13 Mostrim 3-06
1990 Longford Slashers 2-18 (0-07) St. Patrick's, Ardagh 1-11 (1-04)
1989 Longford Slashers 2-10 Mostrim 1-07
1988 Killoe Young Emmets 3-07 Mostrim 1-07
1987 Ardagh St. Patrick's 2-06 Killoe Young Emmets 1-08
1986 Cashel 2-10 Mostrim 1-08
1985 Mostrim 1-05 (2-05) (1-05) St. Patrick's, Ardagh 0-06 (2-05) (0-08)
1984 Cashel 0-09 Mostrim 0-05
1983 Cashel 1-09 Killoe Young Emmets 1-08
1982 Granard St. Mary's 4-05 St. Patrick's, Ardagh 1-09
1981 Clonguish 2-02 Longford Slashers 1-02
1980 Longford Slashers 1-07 Cashel 1-05
1979 Longford Slashers 1-07 Rathcline 0-09
1978 St. Patrick's, Ardagh 3-15 Longford Slashers 0-10
1977 Cashel 1-08 Longford Slashers 1-06
1976 Rathcline 2-07 Clonguish 0-06
1975 Longford Slashers 2-13 Mostrim 2-05
1974 Mostrim 2-06 St. Patrick's, Ardagh 1-05
1973 Clonguish 1-15 St. Martins (Ck'mond/Kenagh) 0-05
1972 Clonguish 0-15 St. Mary's, Granard 1-06
1971 Longford Slashers 0-07 St. Martin's (Carrickredmond/Kenagh) 1-03
1970 St. Mary's, Granard 0-10 Clonguish 0-07
1969 Clonguish 2-06 St. Mary's, Granard 1-07
1968 Clonguish 0-12 Longford Slashers 1-08
1967 St. Mary's, Granard 1-07 Carrickedmond 0-06
1966 St. Mary's, Granard 0-09 Éire Óg (Young Irelands) 0-02
1965 Clonguish 0-11 St. Mary's, Granard 2-04
1964 Clonguish 1-10 Longford Slashers 1-02
1963 Clonguish 2-07 Longford Slashers 1-04
1962 Clonguish 2-10 St. Mary's, Granard 0-09
1961 Longford Slashers 2-08 Éire Óg (Young Irelands) 0-04
1960 Killoe Young Emmets 2-10 Longford Slashers 1-06
1959 Longford Slashers 3-05 (1-05) Killoe Young Emmets 1-05 (1-05)
1958 Colmcille 1-04 Young Irelands (Éire Óg) 1-02
1957 Longford Slashers 2-07 Rathcline 0-04
1956 Longford Slashers 2-07 Colmcille 0-06
1955 Young Irelands (Éire Óg) 2-07 St. Patricks, Ardagh 0-03
1954 Longford Slashers 1-06 Sean Connollys 1-03
1953 Young Irelands (Éire Óg) 2-06 (0-07) Colmcille 1-07 (0-07)
1952 Colmcille 2-08 (1-03) Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 1-05 (0-06)
1951 Young Irelands (Éire Óg) 4-03 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 1-08
1950 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 2-02 Ballymahon 0-04
1949 Colmcille 3-07 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 0-04
1948 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 1-12 Longford Wanderers 1-03
1947 Longford Wanderers 2-04 United Gaels (Granard/Abbeylara) 0-05
1946 Dromard 1-04 (0-00) Ballymahon 0-04 (0-00)
1945 Drumlish 1-07 Longford Wanderers 1-06
1944 Longford Wanderers 2-04 Drumlish 2-03
1943 Drumlish 0-06 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 0-02
1942 St. Patricks, Ardagh 5-07 Colmcille 1-01
1941 St. Marys, Granard 2-08 St. Patricks, Ardagh 1-06
1940 Drumlish 4-10 St. Mary's, Granard 0-04
1939 Drumlish (Awarded) St. Patricks, Ardagh
1938 Colmcille 1-05 Whiterock Slashers 2-01
1937 Drumlish 3-06 Killashee St. Brigids 1-04
1936 St. Patricks, Ardagh 1-05 Drumlish 0-05
1935 St. Marys, Granard 3-06 St. Patricks, Ardagh 2-06
1934 St. Marys, Granard 0-08 United Gaels (Clonguish/Longford) 0-06
1933 St. Marys, Granard 0-13 United Gaels (Clonguish/Longford) 0-05
1932 Drumlish St. Marys, Granard
1931 St. Marys, Granard 1-09 Edgeworthstown Young Irelands 0-03
1930 St. Marys, Granard 1-05 Longford Wanderers 1-03
1929 St. Marys, Granard 1-03 Longford Wanderers 0-02
1928 Drumlish (Awarded) Longford Wanderers
1927 Drumlish 1-01 Ballinamuck 98's 0-01
1926 No Competition No Competition
1925 No Competition No Competition
1924 No Competition No Competition
1923 No Competition No Competition
1922 No Competition No Competition
1921 No Competition No Competition
1920 Ballinamuck 98's 1-04 Longford Wanderers 0-00
1919 Clonbroney Camlin Rovers 1-03 (1-01) Killoe Young Emmets 0-03 (1-01)
1918 No Competition No Competition
1917 No Competition No Competition
1916 No Competition No Competition
1915 Killoe Young Emmets 3-00 Clonguish Gallowglasses 0-03
1914 No Competition No Competition
1913 Killoe Young Emmets 0-02 Longford Commercials 0-01
1912 No Competition No Competition
1911 Killoe Young Emmets 0-01 Edgeworthstown 0-00
1910 No Competition No Competition
1909 No Competition No Competition
1908 No Competition No Competition
1907 Killoe Young Emmets 1-08 (0-04) Drumlish/Ballinamuck 98's 0-01 (1-01)
1906 No Competition No Competition
1905 Longford Leo Caseys 1-07 Edgeworthstown Volunteers 0-03
1904 Longford Leo Caseys 2-07 Killoe Young Emmets 0-01
1903 No Competition No Competition
1902 No Competition No Competition
1901 No Competition No Competition
1900 No Competition No Competition
1899 No Competition No Competition
1898 No Competition No Competition
1897 No Competition No Competition
1896 No Competition No Competition
1895 No Competition No Competition
1894 No Competition No Competition
1893 No Competition No Competition
1892 No Competition No Competition
1891 Championship not completed Championship not completed
1890 Columbkilles 1-00 Rathcline Honest John Martins 0-04

Research Notes
  • Longford Town Titles - The town of Longford has seen a number of different clubs over the years, including Longford Leo Caseys, Longford Shamrocks, Longford Wanderers, Whiterock Slashers and Longford Slashers. Of those, 3 won Senior Championship titles… Longford Leo Caseys, Longford Wanderers and Longford Slashers. The establishment of Longford Slashers in 1954 came about as a result of the amalgamation of Longford Wanderers and Whiterock Slashers (who played each other in the 1938 final). However previous records did not combine the titles of Longford Slashers & Longford Wanderers as both were separate clubs when those titles were won. Therefore, for accuracy and consistency the Longford Slashers and Longford Wanderers titles are kept separate in the roll of honour. The Longford Leo Casey titles are also kept separate as this was a completely different club to Longford Wanderers or Longford Slashers.
  • The parish of Drumlish (which includes the villages of Drumlish and Ballinamuck) had two separate and competing clubs during the first four decades of the 20th Century, namely Drumlish and Ballinamuck 98’s. The first Senior Championship title won by a Drumlish parish team was won by Ballinamuck 98’s in 1920. The two clubs played each other in the County Final of 1927, and Drumlish went on to win 8 Championship Titles in 1927, 28, 32, 37, 39, 40, 43 & 45. Throughout that period both clubs existed and competed separately, with Ballinamuck winning the Junior Championship in 1938. By the end of the 1940s a new club emerged which incorporated players from both Drumlish and Ballinamuck – Young Ireland’s or Drumlish Young Ireland’s. This parish-wide club won Senior Championships in 1951, 1953 & 1955 and was runner-up in County Finals of 1958, 1961 & 1966. Young Ireland’s failed to form in 1967, and Ballinamuck re-appeared briefly as a Junior Club. In 1969 the Fr. Manning Gaels club was established as a parish-wide club and would go on to win Senior Championships in 1996, 1997, 1998 & 2001. For our roll of honour, senior titles won by Fr Manning Gaels and Young Irelands are combined because both were similar parish-wide club entities. However we do not combine them with titles won by Drumlish (1927, 28, 32, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45) or Ballinamuck 98’s (1920) – those are recorded separately as those were separate competing clubs who in fact played each other in the County Final of 1927. As with the Longford town teams (and all teams), and for historical accuracy, titles in the roll of honour are allocated to clubs, not parishes.
  • 1919 Title - The 1919 Championship was won by Clonbroney Camlin Rovers who beat Killoe Young Emmets in a replay. The club name was Clonbroney Camlin Rovers, and would later be renamed Seán Connollys. To preserve this historical footnote, the title winner is shown as Clonbroney (Seán Connollys). Previously the Clonbroney win was cited as the 1917 final which is incorrect as no Championship was played in 1917 (see details below). The previous records also allocated the 1919 title to Clonguish which is also incorrect as Clonguish won the League title of 1919 (referred to then as League-Championship title) beating Mullinalaghta in the final.
  • 1912 Title - The 1912 title had previously been attributed to Killoe Young Emmets, but research in 2014 strongly suggests that no 1912 Championship took place, and the recorded championship activity played in that year was the delayed 1911 Championship final between Killoe Young Emmets and Edgeworthstown. The 1912 record and championship title count for Killoe has been amended accordingly.
  • The team/club names shown above reflects the actual team/club names at the time of winning each County Championship. Some clubs have merged or been renamed in the years since, but the records shown here reflect the name/club from the year the title was won for historical accuracy purposes.
  • Full research notes and year-by-year county final results and details can be found on the Longford GAA Website at www.longfordgaa.i.e.

Allocating Titles

Titles are assigned to clubs, not parishes or villages. Many areas/parishes had more than one club - for example Drumlish and Ballinamuck were separate competing clubs for the first 4 decades of the 20th century, and played against each other in the County final of 1927, while Longford town had 5 different clubs and Killoe had 3 different clubs at various points in history. To be historically accurate and consistent in an approach, the titles of clubs which won titles as separate and different entities are not combined, for example Longford Slashers, Longford Wanderers and Longford Leo Caseys titles are all shown separately – this makes sense as they were separate clubs at the time and the establishment of Longford Slashers in 1954 came about as a result of combining two separate clubs - Longford Wanderers and Whiterock Slashers, into a new club. To combine those titles would be re-writing history and would be factually incorrect. The titles won by Fr. Manning Gaels and Drumlish Young Irelands (later called Éire Óg) are recorded as one combined tally because both were parish-wide clubs, but they are not combined with the titles won solely by Drumlish (1927, 28, 32, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45) or Ballinamuck 98's (1920) – those are recorded separately because those were separate and competing clubs. For much of the period between 1890 and the late 1940s, Drumlish and Ballinamuck were separate and individual clubs within the one parish, and won championships as such. Young Irelands (Éire Óg) was then established as a parish-wide club, and when it went out of existence in 1967, Ballinamuck re-emerged as a junior club. The establishment of Fr. Manning Gaels club in 1969 marked an end to more than one club in the parish of Drumlish and this single club has existed (very successfully) since.

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