Killoe Young Emmets
Killoe Young Emmets is a Gaelic Football club based in Killoe, County Longford, Ireland. The club can trace its origins back to 1889 and has its base at the Club grounds at Emmet Park in Clonee. Killoe has won 12 Longford Senior Football Championship titles and 1 Longford Senior Hurling Championship title. The club also has thriving Underage and Ladies clubs.
Killoe are the current Longford Senior Football Champions.
Club History
The first GAA club in Killoe was founded in 1889 as Killoe Erin's Hope. The earliest published record of a Killoe game was a tournament fixture between Killoe Erins Pride & Drumard O’Briens in Cornadrung in November 1889. The tournament in Colmcille included Drumlish Emmets, Mullinalaghta Leaguers, Arva Davitts, Cornafean Tom Moroneys, Killoe Erin’s Pride, Dromard O’Briens, Mullahoran Milesians, Abbeylara Davitts and Gowna West Breffnies.By 1904 the various clubs in the parish had either folded or merged, leaving Killoe Young Emmets as the sole club in the parish. While the club name is Killoe Young Emmets, it is also referred to as Emmet Óg or Killoe Emmet Óg. The Club grounds at Emmet Park includes clubhouse, floodlit playing pitches, gym and meeting rooms and was officially opened by then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in June 1993.
Killoe participates across all Gaelic Football competition age groups in Longford and also participates in Scór competition, winning 4 Leinster titles and reaching 5 All Ireland Finals across Scór and Scór na Óg.
- Killoe GAA comprises Senior Club, Minor Club & Ladies Club, competing in Gaelic Football from Under 12 to Senior grades.
- Killoe's first recorded titles are the Longford Senior Football Championship & Longford Senior Hurling Championship double in 1907.
- Killoe had notable success during the 1910s, winning Longford Senior Football titles in 1911, 1913 & 1915.
- Killoe played Junior in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and much of 1950s, returning to win Longford Senior Football Championship in 1960.
- Killoe played Intermediate from the mid-1960s until return to Senior level from 1978 onward.
- Since last promotion in 1977, the club won 7 Senior Football Championship titles.
- Killoe played in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship in 1988, 1993, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015 & 2019, reaching the Semi-Final twice.
Killoe Young Emmets
Competition | Titles | Winning Years | |
1 | Longford Senior Football Championship | 12 | 1907, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1960, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019 |
2 | Longford Senior Hurling Championship | 1 | 1907 |
3 | Longford Leader Cup | 8 | 1959, 1961, 1985, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 |
4 | Longford ACFL Division 1 | 3 | 2005, 2010, 2016 |
5 | Longford ACFL Division 2 | 1 | 2008 |
6 | Longford Bertie Allen Cup | 1 | 2007 |
7 | Longford Senior B Championship | 4 | 1983, 1987, 2013, 2014 |
8 | Longford Reserve League 1 | 11 | 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
9 | Longford Intermediate Championship | 1 | 1977 |
10 | Longford Intermediate B Championship | 1 | 2016 |
11 | Longford Intermediate League | 1 | 1976 |
12 | Longford Special Intermediate League | 1 | 1977 |
13 | Longford Junior A Championship | 5 | 1931, 1951, 1957, 1988, 2018 |
14 | Longford Junior B Championship | 7 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 |
15 | Longford Junior League | 6 | 1931, 1939, 1956, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
16 | Longford Junior League Cup | 4 | 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
17 | Longford Special Junior League | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
18 | Longford Reserve League 2 | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
19 | Longford U20 / U21 Championship | 7 | 1979, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
20 | Longford U21 League | 1 | 1984 |
Killoe Óg
Competition | Titles | Winning Years | |
1 | Longford Minor A Championship | 9 | 1936, 1978*, 1985*, 1990*, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2018 |
2 | Longford Minor B Championship | 1 | 2006 |
3 | Longford Minor League Division 1 | 8 | 1985, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
4 | Longford Minor League Division 2 | 9 | 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2000 |
5 | Longford Special Minor League | 6 | 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
6 | Longford U17 Regional Cup | 1 | 2016 |
7 | Longford Juvenile A Championship | 8 | 1980, 1983, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
8 | Longford Juvenile B Championship | 1 | 1995 |
9 | Longford Juvenile League Division 1 | 10 | 1980, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
10 | Longford Juvenile League Division 2 | 5 | 1980, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1998 |
11 | Longford Juvenile Special League | 3 | 2008, 2007, 2012 |
12 | Leinster Juvenile League | 1 | 2011 |
13 | Longford U15 Regional Cup | 1 | 2016 |
14 | Longford U14 A Championship | 9 | 1981, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
15 | Longford U14 League Division 1 | 9 | 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
16 | Longford U14 County Feile | 5 | 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
17 | All-Ireland U14 Feile Div 4 | 1 | 2012 |
18 | Longford U13 League Division 1 | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
19 | Longford U13 League Division 2 | 1 | 2013 |
20 | Longford U13 Regional Cup | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
21 | Longford U13 Regional Shield | 1 | 2016 |
22 | Longford U12 League/Championship | 9 | 1993, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016 |
23 | Longford U12 Division 1 Shield | 1 | 2017 |
24 | Longford U12 Division 4 League | 1 | 2011 |
25 | Longford / Leitrim U12 Cup | 1 | 2015 |
26 | Longford / Leitrim U12 Shield | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
Killoe Ladies Club
Competition | Titles | Winning Years | |
1 | Leinster Intermediate Championship | 1 | 2008 |
2 | Leinster A League | 1 | 2013 |
3 | Longford Senior A Championship | 8 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
4 | Longford Senior B Championship | 3 | 1995, 1996, 2017 |
5 | Longford Senior League 15-a-side | 9 | 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
6 | Longford Senior League 13-a-side | 1 | 1980 |
7 | Longford Senior League 9-a-side | 1 | 1999 |
8 | Longford Senior League Cup | 3 | 2014, 2016, 2017 |
9 | Longford Gold Cup | 6 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
10 | Longford Junior Championship | 1 | 1998 |
11 | Longford Intermediate Championship | 2 | 2001, 2003 |
12 | Longford Minor A Championship | 6 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
13 | Longford Minor B Championship | 1 | 2018 |
14 | Longford Juvenile Championship | 7 | 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 |
15 | Longford U14 Championship | 5 | 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
16 | Longford U14 League | 3 | 2012, 2014, 2016 |
17 | Longford U13 Championship | 3 | 2000, 2003, 2004 |
18 | Longford U12 Championship | 2 | 1996, 2018 |
19 | Longford U12 League | 1 | 2013 |
Other Honours
- GAA MacNamee Award - Best Website 2012
- Leinster GAA - Best Website 2014
- GAA Healthy Club 2018
Notable Players
- Michael Quinn - All Star Nominee
- Sean McCormack
- Billy Morgan
- John 'Speedy' McCormack - All Star Nominee
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