Leitrim to open 2027 Lidl National Football League campaign with Westmeath trip

Leitrim will open their 2027 Lidl LGFA National League Division 3 campaign with a visit to Westmeath after the Ladies Gaelic Football Association revealed the fixtures for the coming campaign.

Jonny Garrity’s side have three home games in the 2027 but face a lot of reunions with teams that they tangled with in both League and Championship in recent years. Fermanagh, Wexford, Roscommon and Carlow all feature in the campaign along with Clare and Down.

Leitrim open their 2027 League with two away trips to Westmeath and Fermanagh on January 24, & January 31, before their first home game on February 7, when they host Clare. Wexford are the next visitors to Leitrim on February 21, before the long journey to Down on February 28.

Next up is a home game against 2026 All-Ireland Intermediate Champions Roscommon on Sunday March 14, before a trip to Carlow to take on the home side who defeated Leitrim in last year’s Lidl Division 4 Final on Sunday March 21.

Unlike Division 4, only the top two teams qualify for the League Final with the LGFA introducing home advantage for the top ranked team for the Division 1, 2 & 3 Finals.

Leitrim lost to Carlow twice in last year’s Division 4 campaign, including an epic extra-time battle with the Barrowsiders in the Final in Birr. Garrity’s side beat Roscommon in the TG4 Connacht Intermediate Final but lost to the Rossies in the All-Ireland Quarter Final. Leitrim also beat Fermanagh in last year’s Intermediate Championship in Ederney while they famously beat Wexford in the Intermediate Semi-Final in 2024 en-route to winning the Mary Quinn Cup.

Leitrim’s Lidl NFL Division 3 fixtures are as follows:

• January 24: Westmeath v Leitrim
• January 31: Fermanagh v Leitrim
• February 7: Leitrim v Clare
• February 21: Leitrim v Wexford
• February 28: Down v Leitrim
• March 14: Leitrim v Roscommon
• March 21: Carlow v Leitrim
• April 3-4: Final