Abbeylara GFC

Abbeylara Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club based in Abbeylara, County Longford, Ireland.[1][2]

Abbeylara
Mainistir Leathrátha
Founded:1890
County:Longford
Colours:White and Red
Grounds:Oliver Lynch Park, Ballyboy, Abbeylara
Coordinates:53.756492°N 7.457706°W / 53.756492; -7.457706
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Longford
champions
Football: - - 2

History

A team named "Abbeylara Davitts" (named after Michael Davitt) competed in the first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890.[3]

A "United Gaels" side representing Granard and Abbeylara reached the final of the Longford Senior Football Championship in 1947.

The club crest depicts the ruins of the nearby Abbey of Lerha.

Abbeylara reached their first county final in 1998. A red-and-white goat mascot was erected in the town, and was burned down by a vandal. Local man John Carthy was suspected; he later was to die in an armed standoff with Gardaí that would bring notoriety to the town.[4]

Abbeylara have won the Longford Senior Football Championship twice, in 2000 and 2006.[5] They have been defeated in the Longford final in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Notable players
  • Fergal Battrim
  • Colm P. Smyth
  • Niall Sheridan
  • Robert Smyth

References
  1. "Abbeylara GAA Club". m.facebook.com.
  2. "Abbeylara GAA Club (@AbbeyGAA) - Twitter". twitter.com.
  3. http://longfordgaa.ie/history/
  4. Carthy, Marie (30 August 2012). My Brother John: The Abbeylara story of depression, loss and a sister's quest for justice. Hachette Books Ireland. ISBN 9781444743883 – via Google Books.
  5. McMahon, James (3 October 2017). "Friendly neighbours face off again in Longford decider".


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