Killoe Young Emmets

Killoe Young Emmets (Irish: Emmet ÃÂg Cill Eo) is a Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Football club based in Killoe, County Longford, Ireland. Killoe are the 2025 Longford Senior and Junior Football champions. The club is also referred to by the Irish 'Emmet ÃÂg' or by 'Killoe Emmet ÃÂg'. Organised Gaelic Games in the Parish of Killoe can trace its origins back to 1889 and the formation of the Killoe Erins Pride GAA club.

Following a long period of no competition in Longford during the 1890s and early 1900s, the GAA was revived in Killoe in 1903 with the emergence of a club bearing the name Killoe Young Emmets. Killoe then competed in revived Senior Football Championship which was organised in 1904 and completed in 1905 and was the first official competition held in Longford since 1891. Killoe Young Emmets has won 15 Longford Senior Football Championship titles and 1 Longford Senior Hurling Championship title and has a thriving youth section called Killoe ÃÂg which was formed in 1975, while the Killoe Ladies club was formed in 1980.

History

The first GAA club in the Killoe area was founded in 1889 as Killoe Erin's Hope (soon renamed Killoe Erin's Pride). The club is named after the Irish patriot Robert Emmet. The clubs crest shows 1889 as a nod to the origin year of the Killoe Erins Pride club, the first GAA club in Killoe parish. The earliest published record of a Killoe game was a tournament fixture between Killoe Erins Pride & Dromard OÃ¢ÂÂBriens in Cornadrung in November 1889. The tournament in Colmcille included Drumlish Robert Emmets, Mullinalaghta Leaguers, Arva Davitts, Cornafean Tom Moroneys, Killoe ErinÃ¢ÂÂs Pride, Dromard OÃ¢ÂÂBriens, Mullahoran Milesians, Ballywillan Michael Davitts and Gowna West Breffnies. The club is based at Emmet Park with facilities including clubhouse, floodlit pitches, gym & meeting rooms which was officially opened by GAA President Peter Quinn in the company of then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in June 1993.

Killoe participates across all Gaelic Football competition age groups in Longford. The club also participates in ScÃÂ³r competition, winning 34 County titles, 5 Leinster titles and 1 All-Ireland title in ScÃÂ³r na nÃÂg along with 32 County titles and 1 Leinster title in ScÃÂ³r Sinsir.

Killoe GAA comprises Senior Club, Minor Club & Ladies Club, competing in Gaelic Football from Under 12 to Senior grades.
Killoe's first titles are the Longford Senior Football Championship & Longford Senior Hurling Championship double in 1907.
Killoe had notable success during the 1910's, winning Longford Senior Football titles in 1911, 1913 & 1915.
Killoe played Junior in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and much of 1950s, returning to Senior in late 1950s and contesting the 1959 SFC final before winning SFC in 1960.
Killoe club was relegated to Intermediate in mid-1960s and won promoted back to Senior grade in 1977.
Since last promotion to Senior grade in 1977, the club has won SFC titles in 1988, 1993, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2023 & 2025.
Killoe played in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship in 1988, 1993, 1995, 2012, 2014, 2015 & 2019, reaching the Semi-Final twice.
Two Killoe players have been nominated for All Stars Awards: John 'Speedy' McCormack (1984, 1985, 1986) & Michael Quinn (2012).
Killoe's SeÃÂ¡n McCormack was joint top scorer (4-32) in the 2013 National Football League, along with Dublin's Bernard Brogan.
Killoe Ladies jointly lead the Roll of Honour for most SFC titles in Longford (8) and won the Leinster Club IFC title in 2008.

Notable players

Michael Quinn - All Star nominee
Sean McCormack - inter-county footballer
John Ã¢ÂÂSpeedyÃ¢ÂÂ McCormack - 3 x All Star Nominee, Railway Cup Winner