Longford Club Grounds

There are 24 Club Grounds in Longford. This page summarises club-owned grounds. It does not capture fields across the county where games were played prior to each club buying and developing their own club grounds. Where clubs moved from one owned grounds to another, that is captured in the additional insights further below.

The Mullinalaghta St. Columbas club holds the record for the oldest club grounds – the club has been based at the same location since 1934 (initially on 99-year lease and later expanded, redeveloped and bought out by the club). The Mostrim club holds the record for the oldest owned club grounds, having purchased the site of their current grounds in the 1950’s. The newest club grounds in the county are Moydow Park, Maguire Park and Killashee Park – all officially opened in 2000.

St. Munis Forgney disbanded in 2016 but their club grounds is still maintained – the club’s adult footballers now compete in a group team with Ballymahon since 2022 while their youth players compete in an amalgamation with Ballymahon called Ballymahon Forgney Gaels. Ardagh St. Patricks and Moydow Harpers merged in February 2019 to create the Ardagh Moydow club, hence that club has two grounds. Moydow Park is mostly used for youth teams while Keenan Park is mainly used for adult competition. The Shroid Slashers club disbanded in 2019, but their grounds is still maintained and leased to the County Board for youth development purposes.

A. Ardagh St. Patricks & Moydow Harpers amalgamated to form Ardagh Moydow in 2019.
B. Shroid Slashers club disbanded in 2019. Grounds utilised by County development teams.
C. St. Munis Forgney footballers compete via Group Team rule with Ballymahon since 2022.

Moved In = Games started being played at the grounds.
Opened = Official Opening of the grounds.

• Abbeylara grounds name changed from Ballyboy to Oliver Lynch Park in 1990.
  
• Ardagh St. Patricks grounds changed name from The Moor or Ardagh Park to Bill Keenan Park in 1999.
  
• Clonguish grounds name changed from Centenary Park to Bertie Allen Park in 1989.
  
• Dromard’s prior grounds was Kilticon since March 1944 (later J.J. Donohoe Park).
  
• Dromard moved from J.J. Donohoe Park to Páirc na nGael in 1997.
  
• Killoe Young Emmets moved from Cullyfad (purchased 1961, opened 1963) to Emmet Park in 1993.
  
• Killoe’s old grounds at Cullyfad was used for County winter training. (Now Killoe Celtic F.C.)
  
• Legan Sarsfields grounds name changed from Legan to Andy Flood Park in 1990.
  
• Longford Slashers grounds name changed from Farneyhoogan to Michael Fay Park in 1988.
  
• Mostrim grounds named Hugh Devine Park after the redevelopment project in 1981.
  
• Mostrim grounds name changed to C&D Hugh Devine Park via sponsorship deal in 2019.
  
• Moydow Harpers previous grounds was known as the Pillar Box.
• Moydow Harpers moved to Moydow Park in 2000.
• Seán Connollys previous grounds was at Whitehill, purchased in 1965.
  
• Seán Connollys moved into their new club grounds in 1998, opened in 2000.
  
• Shroid Slashers purchased Shroid Park in 1977. Club disbanded in 2019.
  
• St. Brigids Killashee previous grounds was at Canal Bridge from 1973.
  
• St. Brigids Killashee moved to Killashee Park in 1996, officially opened in 2000.
  
• St. Munis’ prior grounds was at Newcastle House, purchased in 1967.
  
• St. Munis moved within the same townland to a new grounds in 1990.
  

Additional Notes:

Mostrim GAA is 1st and only Longford club to have a grounds naming rights deal (with C&D Foods).

St. Munis Forgney played at their owned grounds at Newcastle prior to move to their new grounds in 1990 which was then officially opened in May 1992 and named Peter Egan Park. The previous grounds was purchased in 1967 and was in the grounds of Newcastle House. The replacement grounds is in the same townland of Newcastle, but at a completely different location.

Mullinalaghta was first afforded a ‘free playing pitch and grounds for Gaelic pastimes’ in 1932 by the owner of the Derrycasson Demesne Mr. McCartan. The Department of Forestry purchased the Demesne from the McCartan family in 1940 and following a standoff between the club and the Department over the playing pitch area, a 99 year lease was agreed in late 1942. The site was enlarged and the pitch re-orientated during a re-development which ended in 1984. The 99 year lease was bought out by the club in early 2020 when the club became official owners of the grounds. Mullinalaghta has the distinction of being the longest at their current club grounds location. 

Seán Connollys club moved out of their grounds at Whitehill in 1994 due to the grounds becoming unplayable (rock hard in summer!). The pitch was sold at auction in 1995. For the next four years Seán Connollys used neighbouring club grounds until 6th June 1998 when they played their first game (vs Kenagh in ACFL) at the new grounds which was later officially opened as James Maguire Park in September 2000.

Dromard first played at Kiltycon in March 1944 against Ballinamuck. The field at Kiltycon was later named the JJ Donohoe Park and officially opened in 1976. Dromard then moved to a new GAA grounds at Pairc na nGael in 1997. That park was then re-developed and re-opened in August 2025. 

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