Minor Championship

Longford played 111 games in Minor Football Championship from 1980 to 2023, Won 48 (43%), Drew 5 (5%) and Lost 58 (52%). For the period from 1980 to 2023, Longford’s most frequent opponent in Minor Championship is Wicklow (P16/W8/D2/L6) and next most frequent opponent is Louth (P13/W7/D1/L5) while Kildare and Offaly are tied as Longford’s third most frequent opponent. Longford reached the Leinster Minor Championship final seven times since 1929, winning three titles and losing four finals. Longford has played every other Leinster county in Minor Championship down the years. Longford competed in the All-Ireland Minor Championship series five times – 1929, 1938, 2002, 2010 & 2015. Longford lost the 1929 All-Ireland Minor Final to Clare, lost the 1938 All-Ireland Minor Semi-Final to Cavan, lost the 2002 All-Ireland Minor Semi-Final to Derry, lost the 2010 All-Ireland Minor Quarter Final to Galway, and lost the 2015 All-Ireland Minor Quarter Final to Derry. Longford is one of only seven counties never to win an All-Ireland MFC title (Wexford, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo, Kildare, Donegal & Longford).

1929 Leinster MFC Winners: T Reilly (St. Mels), Tony Vaughan (St. Mels/Longford), James Mulvey (Colmcille), Joe Lyons (Longford), James Quinn (St. Mels/Killoe Young Emmets), Jimmy Sheridan (St. Mels), Paddy Keenan (Ardagh St. Patricks), P. M. Farrell (St. Mels/Longford), John Barden (St. Mels/Clonguish), Billy Clarke (St. Mels/Longford), Tom McHale (St. Mels/Longford), Pat McLoughlin (Ardagh St. Patricks), Mick Barden (Clonguish), Willie Farrell (St. Mels/Ardagh St. Patricks), J Smith (St. Mels). Subs: Carter (St. Marys Granard).

1938 Leinster MFC Winners: T Murphy (Clonguish), P Fagan (Seán Connollys), C Baxter (Whiterock Slashers), B McGoey (Clonguish), K Clinton (Clonguish), P McGrath (Killashee St. Brigids), J Kane (Seán Connollys), J Reilly (Mullinalaghta), T Daly (St. Mels), J McGuire (Killoe Young Emmets), C McGoey (Clonguish), P Lehane (St. Mels), K Banks (Whiterock Slashers), P Beirne (Clonguish), J McDermott (Killashee St. Brigids).

2002 Leinster MFC Winners: Gerard Evans (Killashee), Noel Farrell (St. Colmcilles), Shane Smith (Northern Gaels), Ciaran McKeon (Clonbroney), Declan Reilly (St. Colmcilles, 0-1), Shane Mulligan (Northern Gaels), Emmett Finn (Ballymahon); Michael Kelly (Carrick Sarsfields), Fergus Kelly (Granard); Peter Masterson (St. Francis), Enda Williams (Captain, Clonguish Óg, 0-1), Cian Cooney (Balllymahon, 0-1); Tony Murphy (Ardagh), Declan Farrell (St. Colmcilles, 1-2), Michael Hussey (Wolfe Tones Óg, 2-3). Subs: Joseph O’Brien (Clonguish Óg) for C. Cooney (41m).

2010 Leinster MFC Winners: Paddy Collum (St. Vincents), Damien Bennett (Killoe Óg), Dylan Quinn (Captain, St. Vincents), Ronan Keogh (Killoe Óg), Conor Clarke (Longford Slashers), James McGivney (Northern Gaels), Shane Donohue (Shannon Gaels), Diarmuid Cooney (St. Vincents, 0-1), Darren Gallagher (Granard), Darren Farrelly (St. Vincents, 0-2), Padraig McCormack (Killoe Óg, 0-1), Barry McKeon (St. Colmcilles, 0-2), Robbie Smith (Northern Gaels, 0-7), James Noonan (St. Vincents), Declan Mimnagh (St. Francis, 0-1). Subs: Tom Madden (Longford Slashers) for Donohue (27m); Cillian Lynn (Wolfe Tones Óg) for Farrelly (52m).

Note: Since 2018, counties exiting the Leinster MFC prior to reaching the semi-final stage can compete in the Seamus Heaney Cup which is a tier 2 provincial MFC competition open to all Leinster counties that didn’t progress to the last four of the provincial championship proper. Longford won the Seamus Heaney cup in 2018 defeating Dublin in the final by 1-13 to 0-11, and in 2019 defeating Wexford in the final by 3-15 to 2-5.