Please note that here has been a change of venue for the Leitrim Allianz Football League Division 4 second round meeting against Clare tomorrow. The game has been switched from Cusack Park in Ennis to St Josephs Miltown Malbay GAA grounds. The throw-in remains at 2pm. Please allow at least an additional 40mins if travelling from Leitrim. http://tinyurl.com/o4kow9r
08-Feb-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
Important announcement for those travelling by bus to Clare tomorrow.
Please note that because of the change of venue tomorrow the timetable for those travelling on the supporters club bus from Leitrim to Clare has been altered. The new departure times are as follows:
Drumshanbo Swimming Pool: 8.15am
Páirc Seán: 8.30am
Bornacoola GAA Club: 8.45am
All seats on the bus have been sold out.
08-Feb-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
Check out these links ahead of tomorrows FBD Connacht Football League Final:
Keith Duggan writing in the Irish Times
Cliona Foley article in the Irish Independent
Darragh Cox chats to Leitrim Manager Seán Hagan ahead ofthe match
John Lynch interviews Leitrim Selector Christy Carroll and Roscommons Gay Sheerin.
Match preview on national GAA website
The match programme includes incisive articles by Tommy Moran and John Lynch. The best €2 you could spend.
The game throws-in at 2pm with extra time if necessary
And remember: Nothing beats being there
25-Jan-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
Lets get behind the team next Sunday in Páirc Seán as we defend our FBD Connacht League Football title. And dont forget to get your match programme – only €2.
23-Jan-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
16-Jan-14 by Colette Fox – PRO
12-Dec-13 by Diarmuid Sweeney
2014 Connacht GAA Football Championship Draw
Preliminary Round:
New York v Mayo
Quarter-Finals:
London v Galway
Roscommon v Leitrim
Semi-Finals:
LonDonegalway v Sligo
New York/Mayo v Roscommon/Leitrim
Check gaa.ie for other provincial championship draws.
03-Oct-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Following a Special County Committee Meeting held tonight (13/9/13), Coiste Chontae Liatroma is delighted to announce the appointment of Sean Hagan as the Leitrim Senior Football Manager for 2014.
Leitrim GAA wish to acknowledge the contributions of the outgoing management team of Barney Breen and George Dugdale and wish them well in the future.
13-Sep-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
BACK to BASICS
For Leitrim it is good bye to the All Ireland Championship and back to the more mundane matters of our own club activity.
Saturday was a chastening day for us, a complete contrast to the evening in Markievicz Park, when we captured our first FBD title and eagerly looked forward to the Connacht Championship game in gaelic Park, with another visit to the Big Apple guaranteed for later in the year. On that evening we cheered, applauded, hugged and kissed in euphoric joy. The best, we felt, was yet to come. A spot in the Connacht Final looked within our grasp, but feet were kept on the ground.
Emotions were very different on Saturday in Páirc Seán MacDiarmada when the relief of the final whistle came. There was no back-slapping or eyes on the next day out, but it was good to see so many, kids especially, run on to the pitch to meet the players in the green and gold, because they are still our heroes. Armagh supporters did likewise, but they could bask in their success and wonder who the next qualifier draw would throw up.
The visitors did not go easy on, even when victory was long beyond doubt, they still wanted to rattle the net. But they were playing with a full hand, absences or injuries had not taken a toll like it had with Leitrim. Both sets of players had trained in the same manner, made the same sacrifices and wore their county jersey with pride. Everyone involved with the teams had played their part too. The only difference was on the scoreboard. We should remember that.
Our club championship now looms and the Leitrim players go back into training, no easy task. They gave of their all on Saturday, every last man on the panel. No doubt they will do likewise for their club jersey.
14-Jul-13 by Tommy Moran
Please Note: Todays Fr. Manning match between Leitrim and Kildare scheduled for Páirc Seán has been postponed and will be refixed for a date yet to be arranged.
13-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Play your part for Leitrim
We all know the chorus of The Boys from the County Armagh and probably most Armagh followers could manÓge a line or two from Lovely Leitrim, so there will be little between us if the singing starts on the stand and terraces on Saturday.
But it is not a song contest, of course. It’s serious stuff. The winners take another step in the Championship, while the losers return to domestic competition.
The men from the North will be raging hot favourites following on from their annihilation of Wicklow in the last Qualifier round, together with having been All Ireland winners just over a decade ago and also having part of the all-conquering Crossmaglen club in their line-up. Add to that big-time experience and what have you, so little wonder that the pundits will have this game down as a sure thing for the visitors.
All that could be a valuable plus for Leitrim. And if the men in the green and gold perform as they did in the second half of the replay against London, then Armagh might have a little more trouble than everybody is bargaining for. Those last thirty seven minutes or so in Hyde Park showed what passion, pride, determination and an abundance of skill can do.
There will be great pre-match focus of what a footballing genius like Jamie Clarke can do to the Leitrim backline. But Jamie can only dazzle with his brilliance when he is in possession of the ball, so whoever is detailed to be his marker has a very specific job to do, just don’t allow him possession. Easy to say, a lot harder to do, but that is what every man in a Leitrim jersey must achieve. Just get the better of your opposite number and what more can be expected of you. We need everybody playing to their full potential and working as a team.
If the game were in Crossmaglen or Lurgan or Armagh, the home support would boost their players. Surely we can rise to the same level in Carrick on Shannon? All of us can play a valuable part, more valuable than we might think. Nothing can lift the men in the green and gold more than the Lei-trim Lei-trim chant from every corner of Páirc Seán.
Be there.
08-Jul-13 by Leitrim GAA
At half time in the Leitrim v London replay in Hyde Park, the stands and terraces and the radio listeners scattered around the country and overseas had surely been surmising just what the final score would be. Would Leitrim be absolutely whitewashed as never before? Surely there could be no way back, being fourteen points down, this was surely a bridge too far.
There would have been talk in the Leitrim dressing room too, but just what could anyone say by way of motivation?
Well, whatever was said surely brought a different team on to the field for the second half. From the throw-in there was a different attitude, a different spirit in those green and gold jerseys. The lead was chipped away and everyone played their hearts out. Now it was London who were on the ropes. Watches were checked over and over again. Would there be time? A golden chance of a LondonÓgoal went screaming wide, maybe this was more than a miss, maybe it meant our luck was in. The gap narrowed, few could believe their eyes. London had scored freely in the first half, but now were on the back foot, desperately seeking a few more points that would clinch it and knock the heart out of a battling Leitrim.
The excitement of the previous week in Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada paled in comparison to the tension filled seconds in the Hyde. A Leitrim goal ignited the Lei-trim Lei-trim chant that could be heard halfway to Athlone. There was still time, we could sense it would end in a draw. And extra time would surely be the opportunity Leitrim wanted. Please God, let us get a draw, just a draw, that’s all we’re asking for.
The final whistle ended our dreams of a Connacht Final appearance, but sent London players and supporters into ecstasy. They became history makers and who could begrudge them their glory?
Leitrim hearts were heavy, but the players could walk off the pitch with dignity.
02-Jul-13 by Leitrim GAA
