Longford Leader Managing Editor. Views are my own.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Wednesday is Leader day and this week's edition of the Longford Leader is in the shops today
On sale NOW in shops and online 📰🖥️📱#buyapaper
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 30
I was in Ballymahon, County Longford yesterday. It seems to be a thriving market town benefiting from the nearby Centre Parcs resort which brings jobs & prosperity to the area.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 30
The Goldsmith Festival 2026 is live in Longford & Westmeath. We have been truly captivated by the eloquent and stimulating contributions of our keynote and opening speakers @DanMulhall and @RobertTroyTD; and moved by the music & poetry of @emilyecullen & Gerry Hanbury. Thank you!
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Alan Walsh retweeted
November 2020 - Offaly lose to Down in a Christy Ring semi final
May 2026 - Offaly into the All-Ireland Hurling quarter finals
Life is truly a rollercoaster. 😮💨
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 24
"It's a credit to absolutely everybody involved"
We spoke to MOTM Eoghan Cahill as Offaly booked their place in an All-Ireland SHC quarter-final in the coming weeks. 👏
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Tailteann Cup FT: Offaly 3-22, Down 1-20. A huge win for Offaly against the Tailteann Cup favourites. They showed serious character, playing some heart attack football but have turned their season around spectacularly. A serious win for Offaly
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 19
I will be speaking at this year’s Goldsmith Festival in Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford on 30 May, reflecting on Goldsmith’s line ‘Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway’. The topic for my talk is ‘Truth and Sway in the World Today.’ olivergoldsmithfestival.com/
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 13
CALLING ALL FAITHFUL SUPPORTERS 🟢⚪️🟡
Get behind our hurlers this coming Saturday in Glenisk O’Connor Park. Your voice matters.
Offaly V Wexford
📅- 16-05-2026
⏰- 6pm
🎫- leinstergaa.ie
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Alan Walsh retweeted
May 10
How Things Stand!
After Round 3 everything is still very much up for grabs. Next Saturday will be moving day in the Leinster Hurling Championship as the jostling for positions gets serious.
Who will end up in the Top 3?
#LeinsterChamp26 #LeinsterGAA #GAABelong
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Apr 27
A 2,000 year old oak road, built in 148 BC and preserved in a Longford bog.
WATCH: 'Súil Thart' broadcast #OnThisDay in 1986
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Alan Walsh retweeted
You'd never guess what Andrew Hogan, Sean Carey, Patrick Lyons, Mark Mulrooney and Oisín Carroll from the Offaly U20 squad have in common...
Well, they are all great-grandsons of players on the first Offaly team to win an All-Ireland title - the 1923 Junior Hurling Championship!
Leinster U20 Hurling Team Announcement.
Leo O'Connor and his management team have named their team that will play Meath tomorrow evening in Kildalkey
📍-Kildalkey, Co. Meath, C15 NA07.
⏰-6:30pm
🎟️- universe.com/events/fulfil-l…
Best of luck lads.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Feb 21
Hundreds turned up to our gig last night! It really was a fantastic night. We have raised just shy of €1800 for Sudan. Thanks to all for donating. Thank you also to Johnny and all in Lyons for being so kind to us, the Longford Leader and my Dad for helping out.
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"And it's all over, Offaly are the champions!" 🏆🙌🏻✨
Laochra Gael 🏐 Déardaoin 21:30 🕤
@SportTG4 @strynaghs @Offaly_GAA
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Perhaps the best illustration of how the Longford Senior Football team is in a big 'rebuild' phase is comparison of appearances by player for the 26 players used to date in 2026 versus the 30 players used in 2025 and 34 players used in 2024. Developing pedigree takes time.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Brendan Donoghue from Clonbroney won Hastings Cup (1997) with Longford, played 15 times for the Longford Senior Football team in 1996-1997 (scoring 1-6) and thereafter played for the Longford club in New York where he won Junior A and Junior B titles.
Longford father-son duo open new bar in New York's Times Square longfordleader.ie/news/busin…
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Alan Walsh retweeted
Feb 7
Great 2 page article on @Irelandwest in this week's @Longford_Leader
Irelands fastest growing Airport. Congratulations to everyone involved as you get ready to celebrate 40 years serving the community.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
'I put my last three years into Athenry camogie and in the back of my mind every time was Kate Moran'
Athenry manager Joe Rabbitte remembered the late Kate Moran after his side beat St Finbarr's to win the All-Ireland club title
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Alan Walsh retweeted
23 Dec 2025
Looking forward to diving into an epic mini-series with @GAAOverTheBar over Xmas exploring how the @Offaly_GAA hurlers became a superpower. Ep1 of 3 is out tmrw wherever you get your podcasts.
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Alan Walsh retweeted
4 Dec 2025
Graph of the club data from today’s GAA Demographics Report (with Longford totals corrected):
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