Irish: | An Longfort |
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Nickname(s): | Midlanders |
Province: | Leinster |
Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
Ground(s): | Pearse Park, Longford |
County colours: | Royal blue Gold |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 4 (2024) |
NHL: | Division 3B (2024) |
Football Championship: | Tailteann Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Lory Meagher Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Mary Quinn Memorial Cup |
The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Longfort) or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Longford. The county board is also responsible for the Longford county teams.
The county football team won its only National Football League title in 1966 with a one-point victory over Galway in the Home Final and an aggregate win over New York in the Final. The team won its only Leinster Senior Football Championship title in 1968, with a 3-9 to 1-4 win over Laois.[1]