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Replying To BadgerDog: "Well I would say that these guys are good enough to play Senior Club football in Longford but not in a lot of other counties. The standard of Longford club football is incredibly low." 100% all you have to do is watch Kill oe in 2023 against Lomans. Easiest match Lomans ever had in Leinster. Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 368 - 03/09/2026 22:15:19 2692622 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "100% all you have to do is watch Kill oe in 2023 against Lomans. Easiest match Lomans ever had in Leinster." I think personally the towns in Westmeath skew it in our favour. Athlone and Mullingar are two of the biggest towns in Ireland that Longford don't have. Lomans/Downs now and Garrycadtle in the past are much stronger than most teams. But most teams in Westmeath no better than the Longford teams. My own club in senior b have been hammered by a couple of Longford teams in challenges. You have to go back to 2008 for a rural club in castle day won the Flanagan cup. Shamrocks and Downs have one apiece whilst lomans and garrycastle won all the rest. So let's not cod ourselves. Clubs in north Longford like dromard , Colmcille , Killoe , Clonguish, Abbeylara , Mullinalaghta all rural sides far ahead of our similar sized clubs in Westmeath. Look at tang / tyresllspass in a relegation scrap they're no better than Rathcline or Carrick . Paidi04 (Westmeath) - Posts: 21 - 04/09/2026 01:34:29 2692639 Link
Replying To Paidi04: "I think personally the towns in Westmeath skew it in our favour. Athlone and Mullingar are two of the biggest towns in Ireland that Longford don't have. Lomans/Downs now and Garrycadtle in the past are much stronger than most teams. But most teams in Westmeath no better than the Longford teams. My own club in senior b have been hammered by a couple of Longford teams in challenges. You have to go back to 2008 for a rural club in castle day won the Flanagan cup. Shamrocks and Downs have one apiece whilst lomans and garrycastle won all the rest. So let's not cod ourselves. Clubs in north Longford like dromard , Colmcille , Killoe , Clonguish, Abbeylara , Mullinalaghta all rural sides far ahead of our similar sized clubs in Westmeath. Look at tang / tyresllspass in a relegation scrap they're no better than Rathcline or Carrick ." That's fair enough but I would say Mostrim wouldn't get near an intermediate semi final here. Look I probably shouldn't be talking about Westmeath. Just think there are too many auld fellas playing in Longford, I think Frankie Dolan was right. Bluelake (Westmeath) - Posts: 368 - 04/09/2026 14:18:43 2692719 Link
With Joyce and his management team gone in Galway, does it now put Mickey Graham into the frame for the Longford job? He has been approached previously and I think would like to stay involved in inter county set-ups Maybe his style is more suited to old rules, but I think he'd be a good fit with a good backroom team around him and he'd have a good network for that rover08 (Longford) - Posts: 450 - 05/09/2026 07:36:00 2692794 Link
Replying To rover08: "With Joyce and his management team gone in Galway, does it now put Mickey Graham into the frame for the Longford job? He has been approached previously and I think would like to stay involved in inter county set-ups Maybe his style is more suited to old rules, but I think he'd be a good fit with a good backroom team around him and he'd have a good network for that" Frankie Dolan has the job B&G (Longford) - Posts: 447 - 05/09/2026 14:38:12 2692827 Link
Replying To B&G: "Frankie Dolan has the job" He said he doesn't want it williesboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 559 - 05/09/2026 20:55:12 2692850 Link
Congrats to Slashers today on winning the first back to back Longford Hurling Championships since Wolfe Tones in 2000 & 2001. 3 months before the championship started everyone knew it was going to be a Slashers Tones final. I think the aim of the county board should be of course to keep those 2 progressing, but put more emphasis on attracting young players to step up to senior grade for Clonguish and prevent hurling from dying in their club. Also I see Dromard, Shannon Gaels (Rathcline) and Kenagh all have teams competing in the U12 mini league. I think the county board should 100% try their best to make sure that those 3 progress into an u14 team, then u16, then minor then eventually a senior team. I mean wouldn't it just be spectacular in roughly 15 years time to have a 6 team Longford Hurling Championship Sportrex (Longford) - Posts: 28 - 06/09/2026 21:28:52 2692940 Link
Replying To Bluelake: "That's fair enough but I would say Mostrim wouldn't get near an intermediate semi final here. Look I probably shouldn't be talking about Westmeath. Just think there are too many auld fellas playing in Longford, I think Frankie Dolan was right." If structures were correct in Longford football Mostrim wouldn't be near an intermediate semi final in Longford either NorthLongfordforlife (Longford) - Posts: 11 - 07/09/2026 09:21:22 2692966 Link
Big weekend in longford kiloe have a handy one along with Abbey. Colmiclle also should have far to much for a young and green team like dromard drunkensailor (Longford) - Posts: 96 - 07/09/2026 10:27:02 2692979 Link
Replying To Sportrex: "Congrats to Slashers today on winning the first back to back Longford Hurling Championships since Wolfe Tones in 2000 & 2001. 3 months before the championship started everyone knew it was going to be a Slashers Tones final. I think the aim of the county board should be of course to keep those 2 progressing, but put more emphasis on attracting young players to step up to senior grade for Clonguish and prevent hurling from dying in their club. Also I see Dromard, Shannon Gaels (Rathcline) and Kenagh all have teams competing in the U12 mini league. I think the county board should 100% try their best to make sure that those 3 progress into an u14 team, then u16, then minor then eventually a senior team. I mean wouldn't it just be spectacular in roughly 15 years time to have a 6 team Longford Hurling Championship" That back to back in 2000 & 2001 was Slashers, not Wolfe Tones. All competition from U14 upward in Longford is just the trio of Slashers, Wolfe Tones and Clonguish along with Carrick from Leitrim. Under 12 has a few more with Shannon Gaels, Dromard, Kenagh and Mullahoran as well. Kenagh was in the U14 final back in 2022 but have not featured at that grade since. Dromard played at U14 last year, but not this year. So it's very up and down with new teams coming on board and then drifting away. It is a long road from where we are now to any of these GoGames and national school initiatives yielding new teams at Juvenile or Minor or above. Unless the investment remains consistently high (financial and time), it just won't sustain anywhere new. A quarter of a century with all sorts of revival efforts and we still only have 3 senior clubs. I hope it improves, but we shouldn't kid ourselves that the problem is solved with a few starter kits at GoGames grades. Anyone know why the county final was played 2 whole months before the winners first game in Leinster club? LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 699 - 07/09/2026 11:39:35 2692999 Link
Clonguish v Ardagh Moydow: Clonguish to win by 15+ Abbeylara v Longford Slashers: Abbey by 6+ Killoe v Dromard: Killoe by 3+ Granard v Colmcille: Colmcille by 2+ I think it will be relatively straightforward for Clonguish and Abbeylara, other two games very hard to call and could see them going either way. BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 53 - 07/09/2026 15:24:40 2693059 Link
Replying To williesboy: "He said he doesn't want it" Mickey has it if he wants it, his reputation is fairly secure in Longford... Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2412 - 07/09/2026 18:12:30 2693079 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "Clonguish v Ardagh Moydow: Clonguish to win by 15+ Abbeylara v Longford Slashers: Abbey by 6+ Killoe v Dromard: Killoe by 3+ Granard v Colmcille: Colmcille by 2+ I think it will be relatively straightforward for Clonguish and Abbeylara, other two games very hard to call and could see them going either way." Is it not dromard vs colmcille and granard vs killoe is so colmcille and killoe wins Bossman1996 (Longford) - Posts: 11 - 07/09/2026 22:25:52 2693096 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "Clonguish v Ardagh Moydow: Clonguish to win by 15+ Abbeylara v Longford Slashers: Abbey by 6+ Killoe v Dromard: Killoe by 3+ Granard v Colmcille: Colmcille by 2+ I think it will be relatively straightforward for Clonguish and Abbeylara, other two games very hard to call and could see them going either way." Killoe face Granard and Colmcille face Dromard Clonbonnyrabbitt (Longford) - Posts: 152 - 07/09/2026 23:42:30 2693102 Link
Replying To BadgerDog: "Clonguish v Ardagh Moydow: Clonguish to win by 15+ Abbeylara v Longford Slashers: Abbey by 6+ Killoe v Dromard: Killoe by 3+ Granard v Colmcille: Colmcille by 2+ I think it will be relatively straightforward for Clonguish and Abbeylara, other two games very hard to call and could see them going either way." Sorry should read! Killoe v Granard: Killoe by 3+ Dromard v Colmcille: Colmcille by 2+ BadgerDog (Westmeath) - Posts: 53 - 08/09/2026 08:37:55 2693109 Link