Longford U-17s away to Laois in the Leinster Minor Championship

Clonguish clubman Tony Devlin, the manager of the Longford minor (U-17) football squad

placeholder image — Clonguish clubman Tony Devlin, the manager of the Longford minor (U-17) football squad

Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship Group Stage - Round 1

The other members of the management team are Emmet Toher (Killoe), Stephen Coy (Killoe) and Gavin McNerney (Dromard) and a lot of hard work has gone into preparing the squad for the provincial series. A number of challenge games have taken place in the build up, most recently a close encounter against Cavan.

Captained by Alex Nugent (Mostrim), Longford will head to Portlaoise in the hope of achieving a positive result with other tough games to come at home to Kildare (Wednesday April 12) and away to Offaly (Thursday April 27).

The top three teams in the group will qualify for the knockout stage.

Longford minor football squad v Laois: Darren Egan (Carrickedmond), Ryan Keogh (Killoe), Alex Nugent (Mostrim), Jack Fitzpatrick (Killoe), Cormac Fynn (Clonguish), Kevin Baskett (Clonguish), Conor Doherty (Killoe), Tommy Killian (Killashee), Davin Donnelly (Killoe), Jamie Dorr (Clonguish), Sean Egan (Carrickedmond), Paul Eivers (Killoe), Patrick Mollahan (Killashee), Shane Donohoe (Killoe), James Hagan (Clonguish), Ryan Farrell (Colmcille), Daniel Carey (Clonguish), Patrick Clancy (Killashee), Marc Cooney (Clonguish), Cormac Flynn (Clonguish), Daniel Lee (Killoe), Dylan Vance (Dromard), Enda Quinn (Killoe), Ciaran Conaty (Colmcille).