Longford Senior Football Championship
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| Irish | ? |
| Sponsors | Park House Hotel |
| First played | 1890 |
| Current Champions | Dromard (4 win) |
| Most Wins | Longford Slashers (20 wins) |
The Longford Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the Senior grade clubs in Longford. The winners of the Longford Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current Longford champions are Dromard who defeated Colmcille by a scoreline of 1-08 to 2-04.
[edit] Top Winners
| Team | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longford Slashers | 20 |
| 2 | Fr. Manning Gaels | 15 |
| 3 | Clonguish | 12 |
| 4 | Granard St. Mary's | 11 |
| 5 | Emmet Og | 9 |
| 6 | Colmcille | 5 |
| 7 | Ardagh St. Patrick's | 4 |
| Cashel | 4 | |
| 9 | Mostrim | 3 |
| Dromard | 4 | |
| 11 | Mullinalaghta | 2 |
| Abbeylara | 2 | |
| 13 | Ballinamuck | 1 |
| Rathcline | 1 | |
| Sean Connolly's | 1 | |
| Ballymahon | 1 |
Please note that the modern day version of clubs are used and therefore there may be an overlap of two existing clubs. Longford Slasher's 20 wins include wins by Longford Shamrocks (1896), Longford Leo Caseys (1904 and 1905), Longford Wanderers (1922, 1923, 1944 and 1947). Longford Slashers were formed in the early 50s with Longford Wanderers merging with Whiterock Slashers.
Fr. Manning Gaels is the club for the parish of Drumlish (which includes the village of Ballinamuck). Gaels' title count here include wins by Drumlish (1927, 1928, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1945), Young Irelands (1951), Éire Óg (1953, 1955).
Longford's senior championship had rocky beginnings and there was no formal competition in the years 1891-1895, 1897-1903, 1906, 1908-1910, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1924 and 1926.
The final of 1925 between Granard and Mullinalaghta was abandoned and no title was awarded.
[edit] Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dromard 1-8 | Colmcille 2-4 |
| 2006 | Abbeylara | Longford Slashers |
| 2005 | Dromard | Fr. Manning Gaels |
| 2004 | Clonguish | Fr. Manning Gaels |
| 2003 | Clonguish | Ballymahon |
| 2002 | Ballymahon | Clonguish |
| 2001 | Fr. Manning Gaels | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 2000 | Abbeylara | Fr Manning Gaels |
| 1999 | Dromard | Abbeylara |
| 1998 | Fr. Manning Gaels | Abbeylara |
| 1997 | Fr. Manning Gaels | Longford Slashers |
| 1996 | Fr. Manning Gaels | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1995 | Emmet Og | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1994 | Longford Slashers | Colmcille |
| 1993 | Emmet Og | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 1992 | Mostrim | Sean Connollys |
| 1991 | Longford Slashers | Mostrim |
| 1990 | Longford Slashers | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1989 | Longford Slashers | Mostrim |
| 1988 | Emmet Og, Killoe | Mostrim |
| 1987 | Ardagh St. Patrick's | Emmet Og, Killoe |
| 1986 | Cashel | Mostrim |
| 1985 | Mostrim | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1984 | Cashel | Mostrim |
| 1983 | Cashel | Emmet Og, Killoe |
| 1982 | Granard St. Mary's | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1981 | Clonguish | Longford Slashers |
| 1980 | Longford Slashers | Cashel |
| 1979 | Longford Slashers | Rathcline |
| 1978 | St. Patrick's, Ardagh | Longford Slashers |
| 1977 | Cashel | Longford Slashers |
| 1976 | Rathcline | Clonguish |
| 1975 | Longford Slashers | Mostrim |
| 1974 | Mostrim | St. Patrick's, Ardagh |
| 1973 | Clonguish | |
| 1972 | Clonguish | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 1971 | Longford Slashers | St. Martin's |
| 1970 | St. Mary's, Granard | Clonguish |
| 1969 | Clonguish | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 1968 | Clonguish | |
| 1967 | St. Mary's, Granard | |
| 1966 | St. Mary's, Granard | |
| 1965 | Clonguish | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 1964 | Clonguish | |
| 1963 | Clonguish | |
| 1962 | Clonguish | |
| 1961 | Longford Slashers | Drumlish Young Irelands |
| 1960 | Emmet Og, Killoe | Longford Slashers |
| 1959 | Longford Slashers | Emmet Og, Killoe |
| 1958 | Colmcille | Éire Óg, Drumlish |
| 1957 | Longford Slashers | Rathcline |
| 1956 | Longford Slashers | Colmcille |
| 1955 | Éire Óg, Drumlish | St. Patricks, Ardagh |
| 1954 | Longford Slashers | Sean Connollys |
| 1953 | Éire Óg, Drumlish | Colmcille |
| 1952 | Colmcille | Mullinalaghta |
| 1951 | Young Irelands, Drumlish | Mullinalaghta |
| 1950 | Mullinalaghta | Ballymahon |
| 1949 | Colmcille | Mullinalaghta |
| 1948 | Mullinalaghta | |
| 1947 | Longford Wanderers | United Gaels, Granard |
| 1946 | Dromard | Ballymahon |
| 1945 | Drumlish Young Irelands | Longford Wanderers |
| 1944 | Longford Wanderers | Drumlish Young Irelands |
| 1943 | Drumlish Young Irelands | |
| 1942 | St. Patricks, Ardagh | |
| 1941 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1940 | Drumlish Young Irelnds | St. Mary's, Granard |
| 1939 | Drumlish Young Irelands | |
| 1938 | Colmcille | |
| 1937 | Drumlish Young Irelands | |
| 1936 | St. Patricks, Ardagh | Drumlish Young Irelands |
| 1935 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1934 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1933 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1932 | Drumlish Young Irelands | |
| 1931 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1930 | St. Marys, Granard | Mostrim |
| 1929 | St. Marys, Granard | |
| 1928 | Drumlish Young Irelands | |
| 1927 | Drumlish Young Irelands | Ballinamuck |
| 1926 | No Competition | |
| 1925 | Game Abandoned (Granard v Mullinalaghta) | |
| 1924 | No Competition | |
| 1923 | Longford Wanderers | Ballinamuck |
| 1922 | Longford Wanderers | Ballinamuck |
| 1921 | No Competition | |
| 1920 | Ballinamuck | Longford |
| 1919 | Clonguish | Mullinalaghta |
| 1918 | No Competition | |
| 1917 | Sean Connollys | Killoe |
| 1916 | No Competition | |
| 1915 | Killoe | Clonguish |
| 1914 | No Competition | |
| 1913 | Killoe | Longford |
| 1912 | Killoe | Edgeworthstown |
| 1911 | Killoe | Drumlish |
| 1910 | No Competition | |
| 1909 | No Competition | |
| 1908 | No Competition | |
| 1907 | Killoe | Drumlish/Ballinamuck |
| 1906 | No Competition | |
| 1905 | Longford Leo Caseys | Edgeworthstown Volunteers |
| 1904 | Longford Leo Caseys | Killoe |
| 1903 | No Competition | |
| 1902 | No Competition | |
| 1901 | No Competition | |
| 1900 | No Competition | |
| 1899 | No Competition | |
| 1898 | No Competition | |
| 1897 | No Competition | |
| 1896 | Longford Shamrocks | Granard Slashers |
| 1895 | No Competition | |
| 1894 | No Competition | |
| 1893 | No Competition | |
| 1892 | No Competition | |
| 1891 | No Competition | |
| 1890 | Colmcille | Rathcline |
