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08 Sept 2025

Longford GAA mourns death of one of the county’s greatest ever footballers

Longford Slashers legend and highly respected retired St Mel’s College teacher Seán Donnelly, has passed away, aged 83

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Caption: The Longford GAA Football Team of the Millennium, as selected by the readers of the Longford Leader, were honoured at a celebratory banquet in April 2000 and pictured are front row l to r; John Heneghan, Jackie Devine, Billy Morgan, Jimmy Hannify Snr, Harry McGann, Vincent Tierney, TJ Ward (representing Dessie Barry) and Brendan Barden. Back; Longford Leader Managing Editor Eugene McGee, Sean Donnelly, Seamus Flynn, Jimmy Hannify Jnr, Mick Casey, Jimmy Flynn, Larry Gillen, Ned and John Regan (representing their father Joe Regan) and GAA President-elect Sean McCague

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