Ladies SFC Captains
The first Longford Ladies SFC winning captain was Mary Bannon (Ardagh) in 1982. Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) and Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) were winning captains five times. Edel Quinn (Killoe) was winning captain three times, while Aoife O’Brien (Longford Slashers), Marie Brady (Clonguish), Michelle Hannify (St. Helens) and Bridget Smith (Granard) were winning captains twice. Carmel Browne was winning captain twice, for two different clubs – Longford Slashers in 1983 and Clonguish in 1989. Carmel was also Chairperson of Longford LGFA when she lifted the cup as the Clonguish captain in 1989. Yvonne Barden led Clonguish to the Leinster Club IFC title in 2005, Elizabeth Brady led Killoe to the Leinster Club IFC title in 2008, and Aisling Cosgrove led Longford Slashers to Leinster and All-Ireland Club IFC titles in 2022.
Granard’s back-to-back winning captain in 1985 & 1986 was Bridget Smith from Mullahoran. Bridget (nee Sheridan) captained Cavan Ladies to win the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Championship and captained Mullahoran to win the 1977 All-Ireland Club Championship. She won four All-Stars, was Cavan Senior ‘Player of the Year’ in 1976 and won nine Cavan SFC titles and nine Ulster titles with Mullahoran.
| Year | Ladies SFC Winning Captain |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 👤 Aoife O'Brien (Longford Slashers) |
| 2024 | 👤 Aoife O'Brien (Longford Slashers) |
| 2023 | 👤 Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) |
| 2022 | 👤 Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) |
| 2021 | 👤 Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) |
| 2020 | 👤 Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) |
| 2019 | 👤 Aisling Cosgrove (Longford Slashers) |
| 2018 | 👤 Emer Powell (Carrickedmond) |
| 2017 | 👤 Sinead Macken (Clonguish) |
| 2016 | 👤 Marie Carrigy (Killoe) |
| 2015 | 👤 Marie Brady (Clonguish) |
| 2014 | 👤 Edel Quinn (Killoe) |
| 2013 | 👤 Anne Marie Bratten & Sabrina Hackett (Killoe) |
| 2012 | 👤 Fiona Toher (Killoe) |
| 2011 | 👤 Edel Quinn (Killoe) |
| 2010 | 👤 Edel Quinn (Killoe) |
| 2009 | 👤 Siobhan McGowan (Clonguish) |
| 2008 | 👤 Elizabeth Brady (Killoe) |
| 2007 | 👤 Marie Brady (Clonguish) |
| 2006 | 👤 Sharon Treacy (Killoe) |
| 2005 | 👤 Yvonne Barden (Clonguish) |
| 2004 | 👤 Mary Burke (Clonguish) |
| 2003 | 👤 Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) |
| 2002 | 👤 Jenny Donlon (Rathcline) |
| 2001 | 👤 Sheila Farrell (Rathcline) |
| 2000 | 👤 Paula Kenny (Rathcline) |
| 1999 | 👤 Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) |
| 1998 | 👤 Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) |
| 1997 | 👤 Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) |
| 1996 | 👤 Dara Gill (St. Helens/Rathcline) |
| 1995 | 👤 Mary Kiernan (Ballymore) |
| 1994 | 👤 Michelle Hannify (St. Helens) |
| 1993 | 👤 Michelle Hannify (St. Helens) * |
| 1992 | 👤 Francis Diffley (St. Helens) * |
| 1991 | 👤 Ann Kiernan (Granard/Abbeylara) |
| 1990 | 👤 Evelyn Griffin (St. Helens) |
| 1989 | 👤 Carmel Browne (Clonguish) |
| 1988 | 👤 Paula Keegan (St. Annes) |
| 1987 | 👤 Deidre Farrell (Carrickedmond) |
| 1986 | 👤 Bridget Smith (Granard) |
| 1985 | 👤 Bridget Smith (Granard) |
| 1984 | 👤 Patricia Reynolds (Ardagh) |
| 1983 | 👤 Carmel Browne (Longford Slashers) |
| 1982 | 👤 Mary Bannon (Ardagh) |
* No published evidence found – names provided by club members.
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