Now is the time for Leitrim to dig in and dig out the wins they need
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Your reaction to Sunday s results will depend on whether you are the glass half-full or the glass half-empty type of person. If that s seems somewhat vague, well then it is because there was plenty to like about the performances of the Leitrim hurlers and footballers, certainly just as much as there was in both defeats to disappoint.
A round-up of GAA news, both football and hurling from around Ireland this week. Dublin continues its winning ways! New rules bother Kiely, and finally, a win for Meath.
Longford will always be competitive no matter what
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Ever since the introduction of the All-Ireland Qualifiers back in 2001, the Longford senior footballers have consistently punchedabove their weight and some shock results during the past couple of decades put the county firmly in the spotlight.
The wonderful wins over Mayo, Monaghan, Down and Derry brought great joy for the success-starved supporters during the many lean times and Longford will always be competitive no matter what as was the case in the courageous ‘back door’ defeats against the might of Kerry, Tyrone, Cork and Donegal.
Apart from the impossible task of trying to compete with Dublin, the results in the Leinster Championship have improved significantly in the recent past and the tremendous victory over Meath in a pulsating 2018 quarter-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park springs to mind.
Tyrone v Donegal, Healy Park, 5pm,
Allianz FL Division 1 South
Kerry v Galway, Austin Stack Park, 3pm,
Allianz FL Division 2 North
Mayo v Down, Elverys MacHale Park, 2pm
Allianz FL Division 2 South
Cork v Kildare, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm
Allianz FL Division 3 North
Longford v Derry, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 5pm
Fermanagh v Cavan, Brewster Park, 7pm
Allianz FL Division 3 South
Limerick v Tipperary, LIT Gaelic Grounds, 5pm
Allianz FL Division 4 North
Louth v Antrim, Geraldines GFC, 3pm
Allianz FL Division 4 South
Waterford v Carlow, Fraher Field, 7pm
SUNDAY 16 MAY
Monaghan v Armagh, Brewster Park, 3pm
Allianz FL Division 1 South
Roscommon v Dublin, Dr Hyde Park, 1.45pm
NFL Preview: Derry must find a supporting act for McGuigan
A greater spread of scores will make Derry a more potent obstacle
Derry need to find a regular supporting act for Shane McGuigan. (Pic: Mary K Burke)
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Sunday, April 2, 2017 was a hectic final Sunday in NFL Division 2, the last time Derry were in football s second tier. It was a day when injury time was a game all of its own.
Derry s plight was outside their own hands. News of Down trailing in Cork filtered through to Brewster Park where Carlus McWilliams stoppage time point grabbed victory. But it wasn t enough.