‘A truly deserving winner’: for local Longford GAA club who received €5,000

Killoe Young Emmets GAA Club has been chosen winners of the Longford County award in this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative. €5,000 has been presented to the Club to improve facilities for the benefit of both members and its wider community.

Established in 1889, Killoe Young Emmets GAA Club is a small rural club that prides itself on playing a central role in its local community.

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More than just a sports organisation, it operates as a social hub, a promoter of Irish culture, a community builder and a host to charity initiatives.

In addition, the Club has enjoyed success in the annual GAA Scór competition with activities that celebrate Irish culture through music, dance, storytelling, and drama.

Congratulating the county winners on the immense contribution that they make to the heart of community life in Ireland, James Twohig, Director of Ireland Operations, Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited was particularly praiseworthy of the unstinting work of club officials and volunteers, and noted that “since its inception, we are proud to have distributed almost €650,000 to a variety of more than 125 sports clubs under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative.”

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Texaco Support for Sport ambassador was Donncha O’Callaghan. He said: “As adjudicator – and from my knowledge of sport gained at junior, senior and international level – the most reassuring aspect of the Texaco Support for Sport initiative is that it gives clubs rare access to funds which are not linked to popularity, membership size or success.”