Longford LGFA Story

Club Summary:

Ladies Gaelic football started in Longford with the formation of the first Ladies club in mid 1980, while competition started at Senior grade from late 1980. In May 1980 a group of girls from the parish of Dromard suggested forming a Ladies Gaelic Football Club within the parish. A meeting was called in the Old Latin School in Moyne at the end of May, a committee was formed and the Dromard Ladies Club became the first Ladies Football Club in Longford. Shortly thereafter other clubs were formed in Abbeylara, Killoe, Legan and Colmcille, and in August 1980 the Longford County Board met for the first time. The first County Board executive was elected as follows…

• Chairperson: Terry McCormack (Killoe)
• Vice Chairperson: Seán McCabe (Dromard)
• Secretary: Anne McGuire (Killoe)
• Treasurer: Ann Brady (Colmcille)
• PRO: Anne McGoldrick (Killoe)
• Registrar: Mary Masterson (Legan)

League competition began on Sunday 31st August 1980 involving five clubs which had formed in the preceding months… Abbeylara, Colmcille, Dromard, Killoe and Legan. Killoe went on to win the Senior league competition that year with victory over Legan in the final, on a scoreline of 1-3 to 0-2 and were the first to be awarded the Anthony Curren Cup which Anthony and Curran’s Garage Arva had sponsored, while The Breffini Arms (Eamon Gray) sponsored medals for the competitions. That league competition was initially played as 9-a-side but would soon become a 15-a-side league competition as more clubs formed in Longford.

The 5 Ladies Clubs in competition in 1980 were:

• Abbeylara
• Colmcille
• Dromard
• Killoe
• Legan

By 1981, Ladies football was expanding rapidly. The clubs of Ardagh, Cashel, Clonguish, Éire Óg (Drumlish & Ballinamuck), Forgney, Kenagh, Longford Slashers, Mostrim, Moydow, Seán Connollys and Shroid were formed and competed alongside Abbeylara, Colmcille, Dromard, Killoe and Legan in 1981, to bring the club count to 15. The Senior (league) competition of 1981 was won by Ardagh who defeated Longford Slashers by 4-7 to 2-0 in the final to win the Anthony Curren Cup. Longford ladies reached the Leinster Senior Football final of 1981 but were defeated by Offaly in the decider.

The 16 Ladies Clubs in competition in 1981 were:

• Abbeylara
• Ardagh
• Cashel
• Colmcille
• Clonguish
• Dromard
• Éire Óg
• Forgney
• Kenagh
• Killoe
• Legan
• Longford Slashers
• Mostrim
• Moydow
• Seán Connollys
• Shroid Slashers

By the resumption of the league in June 1981, the number of clubs is down to 15, with Mostrim no longer competing. By 1982 this was down to 14 clubs involved in active competition in Longford, with county teams also involved in inter-county competition and enjoying various degrees of success particularly in underage competitions. The first club Senior Football Championship competition began in July 1982, with Ardagh winning the first title by beating Éire Óg by 5-6 to 0-0 in the final.

The 14 Ladies Clubs in competition in 1982 were:

• Abbeylara
• Ardagh
• Ballymore
• Carrickedmond
• Cashel
• Colmcille
• Dromard
• Éire Óg
• Granard
• Kenagh
• Killoe
• Longford Slashers
• Shroid Slashers
• Young Grattans

As the 1980’s progressed, the explosion in new clubs in 1981 and 1982 was followed by a number of clubs lapsing and disappearing throughout the decade. By the middle of the decade, Granard, Longford Slashers, Colmcille, Carrickedmond, Éire Óg, Legan and Ardagh were competing. Rathcline joined the ranks in 1985, while Mostrim reformed briefly after lapsing for a few years, and a club in Clonbroney emerged briefly too. Clonguish reformed in March 1986 after a few years away, and had an immediate impact by winning the Senior League title later that year.

In total, six clubs enjoyed Senior Championship success in 1980’s including Ardagh (1982, 1984), Longford Slashers (1983), Granard (1985, 1986), Carrickedmond (1987), St. Annes [Ardagh/Legan] (1988) and Clonguish (1989). The first underage competition got underway by the middle of the decade, with Minor Championship starting in 1985 and Juvenile and U-14 Championship starting towards the end of the decade. As underage competition took hold, so too did the emergence of underage clubs across the county (Note: The ladies underage club in the parish of Drumlish & Ballinamuck was founded in 1985 and called St. Helens, while the ladies senior club in the parish was founded in 1981 and called Éire Óg – a nod to the name of the GAA club in the parish in the 1950’s and 1960’s. By the county final of 1989, the Ladies underage and senior clubs were both called St. Helens, and the Éire Óg name was not used thereafter). As the decade progressed, some clubs thrived while others struggled with numbers amidst rising emigration, and lapsed or folded completely.

By the end of the decade, further clubs had folded with only 6 Ladies clubs in active competition:

• Carrickedmond
• Clonguish
• Dromard
• Rathcline
• St. Annes (Ardagh/Legan amalgamation)
• St. Helens (Éire Óg became St. Helens in 1989)

County Summary:

Longford formed a County Ladies team for the first time in 1982 and entered the 1982 Leinster Ladies Senior Football Championship. After beating Wexford in the Leinster semi-final (4-5 to 0-5), Longford played in the Leinster SFC final on 16th August 1982 against Offaly who had not lost a game in Leinster in the previous 7 years. Offaly led by 3 points at the interval (1-5 to 1-2) after a flying start, and held the upper hand throughout the second half to run out winners. This was an 8th Leinster title in a row for Offaly, having won all the Leinster titles since the competitions inception. Longford scorers on the day included team captain Mary Bratten (Killoe, 1-3), Patricia Reynolds (Ardagh, 0-1) and Edel McGuire (Longford Slashers, 0-1). It was noted in the match report how displeasing it was to note that the grass at Hogan Park in Moate had not been cut for some time and players had difficulty gaining possession.

Longford Ladies did enjoy title success in 1982 by becoming the first Leinster side to win the Connacht Senior League with a two point victory over Leitrim in September 1982. Longford beat Cavan, Roscommon, Leitrim, Galway and Mayo en route to the final and finished top of the table. Patricia Monaghan (from Clonguish, playing with Killoe) notched up two goals on the day as Longford ran out winners by 3-3 to 0-10. Longford was back in the Leinster SFC final in 1985, but lost out to Laois on 11th August 1985 in Tullamore by 2-9 to 1-1. Longford reached the semi-final of the National Football League in 1985, beaten by Leitrim by 1-9 to 1-7 in June 1985

At underage level, Longford Ladies Minors played in the Leinster Championship for the first time in 1982, and reached the final to be beaten by a better Wexford side. The team would reach another Leinster Championship final in the 1980’s but with no success.

Longford was competing at Junior grade in the 1990’s, and as the decade went on the team started to enjoy success.

On the club scene, from around 1992 the number of clubs had reduced to just a handful…

• Ballymore
• Clonguish
• Killoe
• Rathcline
• St. Helens

In addition, Carrickedmond and Killashee competed in underage competition and St. Fintans from Streete/Multyfarnham also competed in underage competition in Longford during the first half of the 1990’s.

While the number of ladies clubs reduced dramatically from the highs of the early 1980’s, the County team was flourishing and embarking on a period of great success under team trainer Martin Reilly (Ballymore), selectors Liam Forde (St. Helens), Christine Jordan (St. Helens) & Peter Donlon (Rathcline), and team physio Mary McNerney. That year Longford beat Dublin by 3-11 to 2-8, and Wexford by 2-18 to 2-13 to book a meeting with Louth in the Leinster Junior Championship final on Sunday 28th July 1996, which Longford won by 2-15 to 4-1. A gallant effort in the All-Ireland Junior Championship final in Croke Park on 6th October 1996 saw Longford come up short against Clare by 5-9 to 4-9. The starting lineout in that All-Ireland final was: Karina Mulvihill (Rathcline), Josephine Donlon (Rathcline), Katherine Donlon (Rathcline), Irene Kiernan (Ballymore), Laura Doherty (Killoe), Barbara McElvaney (Ballymore), Sheila Farrell (Rathcline), Fiona Blessington (Ballymore), Michelle Hannify (St. Helens), Mary Burke (Clonguish), Mary Kiernan (Ballymore), Dara Gill (St. Helens), Jennifer Hennessy (Killoe), Paula Kenny (Rathcline) and Una Flynn (Clonguish). Longford ended 1996 on a high note by winning the Senior ‘B’ Championship, beating Down in Scotstown on 30th November 1996, on a scoreline of 3-14 to 0-5. Longford had previously beat Louth (6-11 to 0-9) and Dublin (1-8 to 1-7) en-route to the final.

Longford ladies were competing in Division 2 of the National Football Junior League by 1997 and defeated Limerick, Galway, Offaly, Kildare and Dublin, along with a walkover from Wicklow and draw with Roscommon. Longford were now thru to the knock-out stages of the Junior League and victory over Armagh and Limerick saw them through to the final on 6th July 1997, and victory over Roscommon by 2-9 to 3-5 in Ballinasloe to win the National Junior Football League (aka Division 3) title of 1997. The starting 15 that day included Karina Mulvhill, Kathrina Donlon, Edel McGann, Josephine Donlon, Sheila Farrell, Barbara McElvaney, Geraldine Hanley, Fiona Blessington, Emma Cooney, Mary Burke, Dara Gill, Michelle Hannify, Jennifer Hennessy, Diane Dempsey and Margaret Kierns. In the 1997 Championship, Longford beat Carlow in the Leinster Junior Championship Final by 4-6 to 3-7 and following victory over Waterford in the All-Ireland Quarter Final by 2-10 to 1-7, and a hard-fought win by 2-8 to 0-9 over New York in a tough All-Ireland semi-final game in Ballinasloe, Longford were yet again in the All-Ireland Junior Championship final, this time against Tyrone. Longford under the watchful eyes of management team Martin Reilly, Peter Donlon, Liam Forde and Gary Fenelon, emerged victorious to record a famous win in Croke Park on 12th October 1997 by 2-12 to 1-11. The team that day was… Karina Mulvihill, Catriona Donlon, Emma Cooney, Sheila Farrell, Jennifer Hennessy, Barbara McElvaney, Geraldine Hanley, Fiona Blessington, Edel McGann, Michelle Smith, Dara Gill (captain), Michelle Hannify, Mary Burke, Mary Kiernan and Una Flynn. The team was managed by Martin Reilly with selectors Peter Donlon, Liam Forde and Gary Fenelon.

The Chair of the County Board at the time was Liam Forde who had been at the helm for much of the eighties and nineties and occupied the position for eighteen years in all, alongside stalwart Peter Donlon as Vice Chairman and Mary Burke as Secretary. Longford won the Leinster Juvenile ‘A’ Championship title for the first time in 1997 with victory over Meath by 7-13 to 2-8 in Mullingar (team trained by Gary Fenelon), and lost the Leinster Minor Final to Laois by 2-5 to 1-7. The Minors were back in the Leinster Final in 1998, but lost again to Laois by 1-14 to 6-5. During the late 1990’s Fiona Blessington won three All-Star awards in 1997, 1999 and 2000, and Fiona along with Michelle Hannify and Dara Gill winning Replacement All-Star awards too in these years. Fiona Blessington also had the honour of being selected as the Inter-Provincial Player of the Tournament in 2000.

At club level, the 1990’s belonged to St. Helens and Ballymore who won four Senior Championship titles each between 1990 and 1999. The early part of the decade saw an amalgamation of the reformed Granard & Abbeylara clubs winning the Senior Championship in 1991, but neither club survived much beyond that success. Meanwhile Killoe reformed in 1991 after an 8-year absence, while a new club formed in Ballymore in 1992. A new Senior ‘B’ Championship also began in 1990 and would evolve into the Junior Championship by 1998. The 1996 Senior Championship final was memorable for two reasons; Firstly, it was played in February 1997 due to delays caused by the success of the county team. Secondly, the scoreboard at full time read 2-7 to 2-6 to St. Helens/Rathcline and with the amalgamation celebrating, the referee was certain the scoreboard was incorrect and so counted his scores and informed both teams that Ballymore had in fact won by 1 point. With Ballymore now celebrating he counted the scores again and concluded a draw. A later review of the video by the Ballymore club found that St. Helens/Rathcline had indeed won the game by a point.

The Senior ‘B’ Championship which had been played at club level in Longford since 1990, evolved into becoming the Junior ‘A’ Championship from 1998 (same structure, just different name). Hence the Junior titles from 1990 to 1997 in this archive were in fact won as Senior ‘B’ Championships at the time. In the years prior to 1998, the Senior ‘B’ Championship was contested by teams who lost in the Senior ‘A’ Championship at Round 1 or Quarter Final or Semi Final stage. The Junior Championships of 1998 and 1999 continued this exact same structure until 2000 when the Junior Championship became a graded competition (i.e. not the offshoot of losing in the Senior Championship, but a competition contested by Junior clubs). The Senior ‘B’ Championship would re-appear as a separate competition some years later.

Intermediate Championship was introduced at club level in 1999. For the 1999 season, teams beaten in the earlier rounds (Round 1 or Quarter finals) of the ‘A’ Championship would play the Junior Championship (which used to be called Senior B from 1990 to 1997 and changed to Junior in 1998), while the beaten semi finalists went into the new Intermediate final. St. Helen’s won the first Intermediate Championship in 1999. By 2000, the Intermediate Championship included teams beaten in all rounds up to and including the semi final. Intermediate competition didn’t become a graded competition (with predefined Intermediate teams or clubs) until some years later.

By the end of the 20th century, Longford had clubs competing in Senior, Intermediate, Junior, Minor, Juvenile, U-14 and U-13 Championship grades and in various League competitions too. Clubs which had lapsed or folded in the 1980’s reformed once again, including Killoe in 1991 and Colmcille in 1997, while a new club was formed in Mullinalaghta in 1998. It is curious to note that one of the greatest periods of success for the Longford county team overlapped with a period in the 1990’s when there were less than a handful of Ladies Clubs in competition.

By the end of the 1990’s the number of clubs had doubled, with 10 clubs in active competition:

• Ballymore
• Carrickedmond
• Clonguish
• Colmcille
• Dromard
• Killoe
• Mostrim
• Mullinalaghta
• Rathcline
• St. Helens

In the 2000’s, Longford Ladies enjoyed underage success in winning the Leinster Minor B Championship in 2005 and 2008 and the senior team reached the National Junior League Division 1 final vs Clare in 2000, losing out by 2-13 to 1-8.

The 2000 Junior League group stage in Division 1 was as follows…

• Clare 2-15, Longford 0-4
• Meath 2-13, Longford 1-2
• Tyrone 2-10, Longford 3-9
• Longford 0-6, Monaghan 1-9

In the 2001 Leinster Junior Championship, Longford beat Louth (3-17 to 0-6) but lost to Meath (1-6 to 2-12) and Dublin (0-12 to 0-6).

In the 2002 National Junior League campaign, Longford lost to Clare and Meath, but beat Mayo and Roscommon to remain in Division 1. In the 2002 Leinster Junior Championship, Longford beat Westmeath and lost to Dublin, eventually losing out to Laois in the Leinster semi-final. Sharon Treacy won an All Star Replacement Award in 2002. The Longford Minors reached the Leinster Minor Championship final in 2002, but were defeated by Meath in the decider.

2003 National Junior League campaign saw Longford beat Clare but lose to Galway, Kerry and Monaghan. Longford beat Clare by 4-12 to 1-4 in the play-off game to retain Division 1 status for a 7th year. The team on duty that day was: Karina Mulvihill, Marie Brady, Aideen Gilchrist, Carmel McElvaney, Yvonne Barden, Barbara McElvaney, Marie Carrigy, Michelle McElvaney, Alison Smyth, Maura Moran (0-1), Mary Keirnan, Shiela Farrell, Michelle Ross, Michelle Hannify (1-3), Mary Burke (2-9). Subs used: Denise Murtagh for Mary Keirnan (45 mins), Edel Harrington (0-1) for Maura Moran and Louise Brennan for Shiela Farrell (54 mins), Anne Keirnan for Mary Burke, Donna Leavy for Yvonne Barden (58 mins).

The 2003 Leinster Junior Championship included wins over Westmeath (walkover) and Louth and defeats to Dublin and Laois. In the Minor Championship Longford beat Kildare to earn a Leinster Final date with Meath in 2003, but lost heavily in Mullingar. In 2005 Longford reached the Leinster Final again, this time beating Westmeath in Ballymahon to win the Leinster Minor ‘B’ Championship title.

Longford moved up from Junior to Intermediate grade in 2006, and enjoyed great success in the Leinster Intermediate Championship, winning titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014. In the 2008 decider Longford beat Kilkenny by 4-14 to 0-1. In the 2009 decider Longford beat Wexford by 4-19 to 0-6. In 2008 Longford also won the Leinster Minor ‘B’ Championship with victory over Louth by 2-12 to 3-4, and the Leinster U-14 ‘B’ Championship, beating Louth by 3-7 to 3-4.

Clubs were also making their mark provincially and nationally in the 21st century with Clonguish winning the Leinster Intermediate Club Championship in 2005 and Killoe winning the same competition in 2008. The wider club scene in the 2000’s saw something of a changing of the guard from 2000, moving from the impressive dominance of St. Helens and Ballymore in the 1990’s, to successes for Rathcline, Clonguish and Killoe in the 2000’s. A healthy rivalry between Clonguish and Killoe would define the new century for ladies football in Longford, and the two clubs would go on to share all of the Senior Championship and Senior League titles from 2004 to 2017.

The 2008 & 2009 Senior Championship competition in Longford was technically played as an ‘Intermediate A Championship’. It was decided that Longford Senior Champions of 2008 and 2009 would have to play in the Leinster Senior Club Championship in those years rather than in the Leinster Intermediate Club championship. A decision was made by the Ladies Board to try to stay in the Leinster Intermediate Club competition, hence the local Senior Championship was effectively played as an Intermediate Championship even though it was the same competition and with the same trophy as previous and subsequent Senior Championship years. Hence in the match reports for both years finals, they appear as ‘Intermediate A Championship’ Finals, though in the roll of honour here we have kept these titles alongside the identical Senior Championship titles preceding and succeeding them because in reality that is what they were.

By the end of the decade there were 11 clubs in active adult competition in Longford:

Ballymahon/Forgney
Ballymore
Carrickedmond
Clonguish
Colmcille
Dromard
Killoe
Mostrim
Mullinalaghta
Rathcline
St. Helens

In the 2010 Leinster Intermediate Championship final, Longford beat Westmeath by 1-11 to 1-7 to win a unique 3-in-a-row. In 2011 Longford won the Leinster Juvenile ‘B’ Championship title with victory over Kildare by 6-10 to 2-8, and went on to win the All Ireland Juvenile ‘B’ Championship with a 6-14 to 3-5 thumping of Tipperary in the decider. In the 2013 Leinster Intermediate Championship final, Longford beat London by 3-11 to 1-6. In the 2014 Leinster Intermediate Championshpi final, Longford beat Offaly by 2-14 to 2-5. The All-Ireland Ladies U16 ‘B’ semi-final was held in Ardagh on 17th August 2014, with Laois beating Mayo by 5-8 to 3-7. In 2015 Longford won the Leinster U-14 ‘B’ Championship, beating Laois 3-9 to 1-3 in the final in Clane on 30th May 2015. In 2016 Longford slipped from Intermediate to Junior grade and responded positively by winning the Leinster Junior Championship that year – beating Carlow in the Leinster Final – and pushed on to win the All-Ireland Junior Championship by beating Antrim by 4-10 to 1-12 in Croke Park to return to Intermediate grade from 2017 onward. Longford also captured the National League Division 4 title in both 2012 (beating Limerick in the final by 1-15 to 1-8) and 2017 (beating Wicklow by 2-10 to 1-8). Underage teams had significant success at the end of the 2010’s and into the 2020’s with Leinster Minor ‘B’ Championship titles won in 2019 and 2022 and All-Ireland Minor ‘B’ Championship title won in 2019. Longford reached the All-Ireland Minor ‘B’ Championship final again in 2022 but lost to Monaghan. It is worth noting that Longford’s Sian Gallagher won Player of the Match on that occasion. The Longford Juveniles won the Leinster Juvenile ‘B’ Championship title and All-Ireland Juvenile ‘B’ Championship titles in 2019 and won the Leinster Juvenile ‘C’ Championship title in 2016 (managed by Dara Gill) and 2022 (reaching the All-Ireland Juvenile ‘C’ Championship final in 2022, losing to Armagh by 1-14 to 2-4) to continue a successful period for underage Ladies Gaelic Football in Longford. By the 2022 season, Longford seniors were competing at Intermediate grade provincially and nationally and in Division 3 of the National Football League.

On the club scene, Colmcille won the Leinster Junior League in 2011, St. Helens won the Leinster Junior Championship in 2013 and Killoe won the 2013 Leinster Senior League title. In 2015 Mostrim won the All Ireland Junior 7-a-side shield, while in 2018 Clonguish won the All Ireland Intermediate 7-a-side-shield competition. Clonguish also won the All-Ireland U-14 Feile Division 4 title in 2019 and Ballymore rounded off the decade by winning the Leinster Junior Championship in 2020, beating Kilmore of Wexford in the delayed final which was played on 23rd June 2021 due to Covid-19 related delays. Club activity in Longford the 2010’s was dominated by the rivalry of Killoe and Clonguish. Both clubs would go on to win all of the Senior Championship and Senior League titles from 2004 to 2017. However other clubs had formed and reformed, and by the end of the 2010’s we see clubs which had once been to the fore in the 1980’s start to re-emerge and assert themselves once more, including Carrickedmond, Longford Slashers (reformed in 2012) and St. Brigids Gaels of Ardagh (reformed and renamed in 2012). A new Ballymahon Forgney club was formed in 2010 and a new club was formed in Killashee in 2016 and competed up until the 2021 season, while Seán Connollys revived their underage club too.

The 2010’s was also a period of sadness with the sudden death of 29 year old Alison Smyth in December 2011. Alison who played with Rathcline and was a midfielder on the Longford Ladies team, was one of the most talented sportswomen of her generation. Ali had been an All-Star nominee in 2009 and a county player from the age of 19, winning the coveted Longford ‘Ladies Player of the Year’ award in 2009. As well as enjoying success with Longford and her club Rathcline, Alison had also helped Ballymahon Convent of Mercy to an All-Ireland title in 1999 and as a basketball player with the Falcons, had guided them to a national title in 2000. In 2012 the J.J. McCabe cup which had been presented to all winners of the Ladies Senior Football Championship in Longford since 1982, was retired and replaced with the Alison Smyth memorial cup to honour and remember an amazing sportswoman.

2022 saw Longford Slashers win 4-in-a-row Longford Senior Championship titles and went on to win the Leinster Intermediate Club Championship title with a 3-10 to 3-6 win over Skryne from Meath on 13th November 2022, becoming only the third Longford club to win the Leinster Intermediate title. The Slashers Ladies went one further and defeated Charlestown in the All-Ireland Semi-Final en-route to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Final on 10th December 2022. Longford Slashers then made history by becoming the first club from Longford (in either LGFA or GAA) to reach and win an All-Ireland Club Championship final and the first Longford club in GAA or LGFA to win a competitive game in Croke Park, when they defeated Mullinahone of Tipperary by 4-11 to 2-8 on a frosty December afternoon in Croke Park, to bring the curtain down on 135 years of Gaelic Games in Longford in some style. The team that day was: Emer Casey, Laura Kenny, Emily Reilly, Grace Kenny, Orla Nevin (1-2), Eimear O’Brien, Clare Farrell (0-1), Aoife O’Brien, Aisling Cosgrove (captain, 1-0), Lisa Nolan, Grace Shannon (2-0), Kyana Lee (0-1), Kate Shannon (0-3), Jessica Barry (0-3), Kara Shannon (0-1). Subs: Jill Glennon for L Nolan (49 mins), Grace O’Donnell for L Kenny (52 mins).

In February 2023 the Clonguish Ladies made it 3-in-a-row of Senior Ladies Cup titles at the Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé tournament in Kerry, with wins in 2020, 2022 and 2023 (tournament not held in 2021). The competition takes place across the Dingle Peninsula each February with teams invited from across Ireland in both Ladies and Men’s football at Junior, Intermediate and Senior Level. Clonguish beat Thomas Davis (Dublin) in the 2023 final by 1-12 to 1-6, beat Ratoath (Meath) in the 2022 final by 4-9 to 1-4, and beat Ballyboden St. Endas (Dublin) in the 2020 final by 5-8 to 5-7

By 2023 there were 15 Ladies clubs in active competition across the county, including…

• Ballymahon Forgney (Intermediate)
• Ballymore (Senior)
• Carrickedmond (Senior & Junior)
• Clonguish (Senior & Junior)
• Colmcille (Senior & Junior)
• Dromard (Intermediate & Junior)
• Grattans (Intermediate)
• Killoe (Senior)
• Longford Slashers (Senior)
• Mostrim (Senior)
• Mullinalaghta (Junior)
• Rathcline (Junior)
• Seán Connollys (Junior)
• St. Brigids Gaels (Intermediate)
• St. Helens (Intermediate)

What a journey it has been from the foundation of the first clubs in Longford in 1980 to an All-Ireland title in Croke Park in December 2022. The proud tradition of Ladies Gaelic Games continues to grow and prosper in County Longford.

1980 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Terry McCormack
• Vice Chairperson: Seán McCabe
• Secretary: Anne McGuire
• Treasurer: Ann Brady
• PRO: Anne McGoldrick
• Registrar: Mary Masterson

1996 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Liam Forde
• Vice-Chairperson: Martin Reilly
• Secretary: Christina Jordan
• Assistant Secretary: Mary Burke
• Joint Treasurers: Liam Forde/Christina Jordan
• PRO: Christina Jordan

1997 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Liam Forde
• Vice-Chairperson: Peter Donlon
• Secretary: Mary Burke
• Assistant Secretary: Eilish Rhatigan
• Joint Treasurers: Mary McNerney/Marion Lynch
• PRO/Irish Officer: John Doherty
• Development Officers: Mary Kiernan/Mary Burke

1998 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Liam Forde
• Vice-Chair: Peter Donlon
• Secretary: Eilish Rhatigan
• Assistant Secretary: Ann Kiernan
• Treasurer: Mary McNerney
• Registrar: Mary McNerney

1999 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Liam Forde
• Vice-Chair: Peter Donlon
• Secretary: Mary Burke
• Assistant Secretary: Eilish Rhatigan
• Treasurer: Marie Matthews
• Assistant Treasurer: Mary McNerney
• Registrar: Marie Matthews

2000 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Liam Forde
• Vice-Chair: John Doherty
• Secretary: Marie Matthews
• Assistant Secretary: Eilish Rhatigan
• Treasurer: Mary McNerney
• Assistant Treasurer: Phil Mulligan
• Registrar: Joe Kilbride

2001 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Honourable President: Liam Forde
• Chairperson: John Doherty
• Vice-Chair: Joe Fox
• Secretary: Marie Matthews
• Assistant Secretary: Eilish Rhatigan
• Treasurer: Mary McNerney
• Assistant Treasurer: Joan Burke
• Irish Officer: Barbara McElvaney

2002 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: John Doherty
• Vice-Chair: Joe Fox
• Secretary: Marie Matthews
• Assistant Secretary: Mary Burke
• Treasurer: Mary McNerney
• Assistant Treasurer: Joan Burke
• Registrar: Joan Burke
• Irish Officer: Barbara McElvaney

2003 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Sean McMullin
• Vice-Chair: Joe Fox
• Secretary: Marie Matthews
• Assistant Secretary: Mary Clarke
• Treasurer: Joan Burke
• Registrar: Joan Burke
• PRO: Niamh Egan

2004 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Sean McMullin
• Vice-Chair: Joe Fox
• Secretary: Mick Casey
• Assistant Secretary: Mary Burke
• Treasurer: Geraldine Hanley
• Registrar: Geraldine Hanley
• PRO: Aoife Farrell

2021 Longford Ladies Committee:

• Chairperson: Dolores Kiernan
• Vice-Chair: Barry Cox
• Secretary: Sandra Hogan
• Treasurer: Aidan O’Brien
• Assistant Treasurer: Breda Heaney
• Registrar: Mary Kiernan
• PRO: Seamus McGuire
• Development Officer: Pat Tiernan
• Childrens Officer: Brona Fox
• Cultural & Language Officer: Dolores Flynn