Hastings Cup 2016 - Now back to normal

[The Insider]

Pearse Park being rested at present untill All Ireland Intermediate semi final on the 26th of Jan, Last game was played in it on the 16th of December. Lynch Park Abbeylara also unavailable at the minute, Ballymahon pitch not the best at present after O Byrne cup game , Killoe has also suffered from overuse over the year, Keenan Park has a fine new "Prunty pitch and new stand . Parking should be easier than in Abbey last year . All the County Vocational schools games have taken place in Pairc Chiaran in Newtowncashel as will the Leinster final where they play Kildare on the 25th of Jan at 7-30pm. This will be the last Vocational schools game as the competition is being disbanded . There is also no all Ireland series . The panel includes about 14 of the Longford minor panel for 2013

[Syferus]

Pearse Park being rested at present untill All Ireland Intermediate semi final on the 26th of Jan, Last game was played in it on the 16th of December. Lynch Park Abbeylara also unavailable at the minute, Ballymahon pitch not the best at present after O Byrne cup game , Killoe has also suffered from overuse over the year, Keenan Park has a fine new "Prunty pitch and new stand . Parking should be easier than in Abbey last year . All the County Vocational schools games have taken place in Pairc Chiaran in Newtowncashel as will the Leinster final where they play Kildare on the 25th of Jan at 7-30pm. This will be the last Vocational schools game as the competition is being disbanded . There is also no all Ireland series . The panel includes about 14 of the Longford minor panel for 2013

And Roscommon's lead minor forward, Diarmuid Murtagh.

Keeping a potential u21 county player locked up with schools games, there's some crafty buggers east of the Shannon.. 

In all seriousness that team has a fantastic full-forward line, Rian Brady really impressed me in the Fr. Manning Cup final last August and Longford will be a serious outfit at both minor and u21 this season. Just going on the report Israel ILungo played well and it's good to see the GAA attracting more players from different backgrounds. Really an untapped resources, especially in counties like ourselves where playing numbers are tight as it is.

[ross4life]

1-7 of 1-11 Diarmuid Murtagh scored in that Vocational schools game v Dublin. Must be said the Longford colours doesn't suit him. 

[LaurelEye]

Pearse Park being rested at present untill All Ireland Intermediate semi final on the 26th of Jan, Last game was played in it on the 16th of December. Lynch Park Abbeylara also unavailable at the minute, Ballymahon pitch not the best at present after O Byrne cup game , Killoe has also suffered from overuse over the year, Keenan Park has a fine new "Prunty pitch and new stand . Parking should be easier than in Abbey last year . All the County Vocational schools games have taken place in Pairc Chiaran in Newtowncashel as will the Leinster final where they play Kildare on the 25th of Jan at 7-30pm. This will be the last Vocational schools game as the competition is being disbanded . There is also no all Ireland series . The panel includes about 14 of the Longford minor panel for 2013

And Roscommon's lead minor forward, Diarmuid Murtagh.

Keeping a potential u21 county player locked up with schools games, there's some crafty buggers east of the Shannon.. 

In all seriousness that team has a fantastic full-forward line, Rian Brady really impressed me in the Fr. Manning Cup final last August and Longford will be a serious outfit at both minor and u21 this season. Just going on the report Israel ILungo played well and it's good to see the GAA attracting more players from different backgrounds. Really an untapped resources, especially in counties like ourselves where playing numbers are tight as it is.

Israel Ilungo is from Westmeath (Castletown/Finea/Coole/Whitehall/Whatever you're having yourself). A lot of these players (Ilungo, Brady, Rabbitte, McGivney, McElligott, possibly McKeogh) were on the Cnoc Mhuire Granard team that won the All-Ireland under-16 vocational schools title for the last two years.

[LaurelEye]

All the County Vocational schools games have taken place in Pairc Chiaran in Newtowncashel as will the Leinster final where they play Kildare on the 25th of Jan at 7-30pm. This will be the last Vocational schools game as the competition is being disbanded . There is also no all Ireland series . The panel includes about 14 of the Longford minor panel for 2013

Cashel is about as remote as it's possible to get in Longford. Now, ideally if all signposts pointing to it are taken down over the next week (or at least rotated in the wrong direction) so that the Kildare team and supporters are left to find the place under their own steam, it should be possible to replicate the Hawkfield Experience from the quarter-final.

More seriously, is Dromard not playable at the moment as another option besides Ardagh?

[North Longford]

Dromard isn't a great pitch.  Facilities top notch.  Not a prunty pitch. Is usually wet enough when weather not good.  If killoe, drumlish, colmcille, abbey etc aren't playable then it more than likely not.

[Itchy]

20mins in, Cavan 4 longford 2.

[Itchy]

HT. Cavan 7 Longford 3

[Itchy]

12 mins into 2nd half, 9 to 5 for Cavan

[Itchy]

All square 0.10 to 1.7

[tommysmith]

Well done Longford.

[Itchy]

Longford win 1.9 to 0 .10

[ross4life]

FT 1-9 to 0-10 Well done to our neighbours Longford their first Hastings cup success since 2006. Sounded like a real game of two halves?

Other results
Leitrim 0-11 Offaly 0-9
Roscommon 2-11 Wicklow 0-8

[rodney trotter]

Well done Lonford, Cavan threw it away up by 5 at one stage in the second half.
Don't think Peter Reilly knows his best team, hopefully he gets that sorted for the championship.

[Itchy]

I think this could be a good result for Cavan in some ways. Game is not won sure until its over and no team is invincible  This tells them there is more work to be done