Leitrim county football team
gaelic football team
The Leitrim county football team ( LEE-trəm) represents Leitrim in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Leitrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship, and the National Football League.
Leitrim's home ground is Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon. The team's manager is Steven Poacher.
Considered "Connacht's traditional minnows", the team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 1994 but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.
History
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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