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BREAKING: NEW YORK BEAT LEITRIM ON PENALTIES FOR HISTORIC FIRST EVER CONNACHT VICTORY

A nightmare for Leitrim and dreamland for New York as New York won their first ever Connacht Senior Championship game when they held their nerve in a dramatic penalty shootout in Gaelic Park, prompting scenes of wild celebrations from the locals and ...

09 Apr 2023 at 02:09

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Anger dominates social media reaction to Leitrim's Connacht SFC exit at hands of New York

New York may be the darlings of the GAA world right now after their historic first ever Connacht Senior Championship victory on Saturday but for Leitrim GAA fans, the fallout on social media from the Green & Gold's penalty shootout loss has been ...

09 Apr 2023 at 13:15

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Leitrim and New York name teams for Saturday's Connacht SFC clash in Gaelic Park

Leitrim and New York have named their teams for Saturday's eagerly anticipated Connacht Senior Football Championship First Round clash in Gaelic Park, New York with Fenagh St Caillins Conor Dwyer set to make his championship debut after he was ...

07 Apr 2023 at 13:02

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A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

God, I'm feeling old this week and it only takes the picture at the bottom of this page to reinforce that notion - can it really be 20 years since I crossed the Atlantic to report on Leitrim's first ever meeting with New York in the Connacht ...

08 Apr 2023 at 11:00

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Leitrim face the unknown as New York aim for history

Forewarned may very well be forearmed but the trouble for Leitrim as they make the trek across the Atlantic for the opening round of the Connacht Senior Championship is that an air of mystery surrounds who and what exactly they may be ...

07 Apr 2023 at 18:00

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A season of change as Letirim face unique challenges with new championship structures and New York trip

When is a prize not a prize? When the prize puts you on a potential collision course with the reigning All-Ireland champions at the height of Summer and you've just suffered the heartbreak of missing out on promotion from Division 4 ...

08 Apr 2023 at 08:00

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Sam Maguire, not Tailteann Cup, is Keith Beirne's main target for Leitrim in 2023

If Leitrim want to improve, they’ve got to play the big teams and the best way of doing that is competing for the Sam Maguire rather than the Tailteann Cup according Allianz League top scorer and Leitrim star Keith Beirne as the ...

06 Apr 2023 at 17:30

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New York fancy their chances of winning first ever Connacht SFC game as Leitrim visit the Big Apple

New York and Leitrim kickoff the Connacht Championship at Gaelic Park on Saturday at 6pm with hundreds of Green & Gold fans expected to make the trip across the Irish sea. Though the Big Apple Boys have been involved in ...

05 Apr 2023 at 18:00

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Leitrim GAA call for positivity in wake of online criticism after New York defeat

Leitrim GAA County Board has called on supporters to maintain an air of the positivity over the coming weeks in a statement released on the Leitrim GAA website as they condemned the harsh online criticism of players ...

12 Apr 2023 at 09:41

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New York boss McGeeney has sympathy for Leitrim counterpart after shock loss

The difficulty of travelling to Gaelic Park to take on New York should not be underestimated according to the Exiles manager Johnny McGeeney as his team celebrated their historic first ever victory in the Connacht ...

14 Apr 2023 at 16:00

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No excuses from Moran as Leitrim rue missed chances in New York defeat

Andy Moran didn’t try to make excuses in the wake of Leitrim’s loss to New York last Saturday evening in Gaelic Park but did feel that the Connacht SFC clash was a game that the Green & Gold had left behind them ...

13 Apr 2023 at 16:00

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New York born and bred Mikey Brosnan didn't want to take match winning penalty against Leitrim

One of the many fairytale aspects of New York’s historic Connacht Championship victory over New York was the fact that the winning spot kick in the penalty shootout was taken by native New Yorker Mikey Brosnan ...

13 Apr 2023 at 21:00

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