Leitrim senior football team
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| Irish: | Liatroim | ||
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| Province: | Connacht | ||
| Nickname(s): |
The Canaries |
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| County colours: |
Emerald Green, Gold |
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| Ground(s): |
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon |
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| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football | ||
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| NFL: | Division 4 | ||
| NHL: | Division 3B | ||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||
| Hurling Championship: | Lory Meagher Cup | ||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Mary Quinn Memorial Cup | ||
| Camogie: | Do not compete at adult level | ||
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The Canaries
The Ridge County
Emerald Green, Gold
The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Liatroma) or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Leitrim. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim inter-county teams. Leitrim were a force in the 1920s, winning an impressive haul of one Connacht and zero All-Ireland titles
Considered "Connacht's traditional minnows" and "one of the GAA's Cinderella counties", Leitrim are never considered seriously as likely to win a major title. The county's senior Gaelic football team play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship and compete in Division 4 of the National Football League. Never having appeared in an All-Ireland final, they have won the Connacht Senior Football Championship on two occasions, most recently in 1994.
Leitrim have also been champions of the FBD Insurance League twice. They won the competition for the first time in 2013, and managed to retain the title in 2014.
Leitrim's football history has brought sparse reward. They first competed in the All-Ireland in the 1907 championship. They were beaten by Roscommon on a score of 0-03 to 0-01 in the Connacht semi-final in their first ever match. The county won its first ever match in the 1910 championship, beating Sligo in the Connacht quarter-final by 0-03 to 0-00. They were then beaten by Galway in the semi-final.
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