Abbeylara GFC


Abbeylara Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club based in Abbeylara, County Longford, Ireland.

History

A team named "Abbeylara Davitts" competed in the first Longford Senior Football Championship in 1890.
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.
Abbeylara have won the Longford Senior Football Championship twice, in 2000 and 2006. They have been defeated in the Longford final in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Notable players