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Jubilant Colmcille captain Jack Macken raising the Connolly Cup following the sensational last gasp win over Mullinalaghta in the 2022 SFC Final Photo: Syl Healy
The draws for the 2023 Longford GAA Championships were made in Aras Ui Bhriain, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park on Monday night with the Connolly Cup holders Colmcille meeting Killoe in the first round of the SFC at the end of July.
Pitted in this same extremely difficult group are last year’s beaten finalists Mullinalaghta, Abbeylara, Rathcline and Carrickedmond.
The 12 clubs in the senior football championship are divided into two groups of six (round-robin) with the top four in each section qualifying for the quarter-finals: 1 v 4 & 2 v 3.
The bottom two teams in each group will battle it out in the relegation play-offs with one team demoted to the 2024 Intermediate Championship.
The 2023 county championship draws are as follows:
Peter Hanley Motors 2023 Senior Football Championship
Group 1: St Mary’s Granard, Longford Slashers, Mostrim, Dromard, Clonguish and Ballymahon
Group 2: Mullinalaghta St Columba’s, Rathcline, Killoe Emmet Og, Colmcille, Carrickedmond and Abbeylara
Round 1 Fixtures - Group 1
Dromard v Mostrim
Clonguish v Slashers
Ballymahon v Granard
Round 1 Fixtures - Group 2
Rathcline v Mullinalaghta
Abbeylara v Carrickedmond
Colmcille v Killoe
Longford SFC Final on the second Sunday in October
2023 Senior Hurling Championship
Round 1: Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones Mostrim
Game to be played on July 8/9
Clonguish Gaels a bye
2023 Mulleady Group Intermediate Football Championship
Ardagh Moydow, Cashel, Kenagh, Fr Manning Gaels, Sean Connolly’s, St Brigid’s Killashee and Young Grattans will play each other in the round-robin group stage with the top four teams making it through to the semi-finals.
Round 1 Fixtures
Cashel v Kenagh
Ardagh Moydow v Fr Manning Gaels
Sean Connolly’s v St Brigid’s Killashee
Young Grattans a bye
Games to be played on July 21/22/23
Junior ‘A’ Championship
The two solely Junior clubs in the 2023 Junior ‘A’ Football Championship are Ballymore and Legan Sarsfields who clashed in a cracking 2021 county title decider.
Ballymore also had to settle for second best in last year’s final against Grattans but will the north Longford club be crowned county Junior champions this season?
Round 1 Fixtures
Longford Slashers (second string) v Legan Sarsfields
Ballymore v Killoe Emmet Og (second string)
Clonguish (second string) v Colmcille (second string)
The top three teams in the round-robin group stage will qualify for the semi-finals and will be joined in the last four by the Junior ‘B’ champions. There is also a separate Junior ‘C’ competition.
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