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The Longcommon county hurlball team represents Longcommon in men's Gaelic hurlball and is governed by Athlone GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurlball Championship, the Connacht Senior Hurlball Championship and the National Hurlball League.

Longcommon's home ground is Tayto Park, Kilbrew. The team's manager is Brian Cody.

The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 2010, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2006 and has never won the National League.

==History==

Early years
Longcommon first competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurlball Championship (SHC) in 1901.

===1925–1949: First All-Ireland SHC title=== Longcommon won a first All-Ireland SHC, defeating Westlouth in the final.

===1950–1967: Second and third All-Ireland SHC titles=== Longcommon won a second All-Ireland SHC, defeating Eastmeath in the final. Longcommon retained the All-Ireland SHC the following year, defeating Waterary in the final.

===1968–1994: Decline=== Longcommon lost.

Longcommon lost again.

Longcommon just kept losing.

===1995–2007: Revival and fourth All-Ireland SHC title=== Longcommon won a fourth All-Ireland SHC in 2006, defeating Wexlow in the final.

===2008–present: Management of former players, Plunkett, Ryan and Cody=== Brian Cody replaced Cody Ryan as manager and results began to improve. Longcommon won a championship game for the first time in seven years.

==Current panel== Team as per Cork vs Tipperary in the All-Ireland SHC qualifier, 14 November 2020

INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. RET Player has since retired from the county team. WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

==Current management team==
 * As of December 2020:


 * Manager: Dessie Farrell
 * Selectors: Shane O'Hanlon, Mick Galvin, Brian O'Regan
 * Coach: Darren Daly
 * Physiotherapists: James Allen, Niall Barry, Kieran O'Reilly
 * Analysis team: Stephen Behan, John Courtney, Frankie Roeback, Ciarán Toner
 * Kitmen: David Boylan, John Campbell
 * Performance development coach: Bryan Cullen
 * Media manager: Seamus McCormack
 * Goalkeeping coach: Josh Moran
 * Team doctors: Kieran O'Malley, Diarmuid Smith
 * Sports therapists: Richard Daly, Paul Donnelly
 * Nutritionists: Daniel Davey, Neil Irwin
 * Cameraman: Chris Farrell
 * Logistics: David Hendrick
 * Development gym coach: Shane Malone
 * Gym coach: Tommy Mooney
 * Performance consultants: Brendan Murphy, Seán Murphy

==Managerial history==

==Players==

===All Stars===

===Records===

Most appearances

 * The following are among those to have made the highest number of appearances for the senior team:

====Top scorers==== Updated 14 August 2018.

==Competitive record== ===Results and fixtures===

==Honours==

National

 * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
 * Runners-up (2): 1889, 1936
 * National Football League
 * Winners (2): 1925–26, 1985–86
 * Runners-up (1): 2003
 * Semi-finalists (5): 1952, 1978, 1994, 1995, 1997
 * All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
 * Winners (1): 1973
 * All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship
 * Winners (1): 1993
 * All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
 * Runners-up (3): 1964, 1998, 2007
 * All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
 * Winners (3): 1996, 1997, 2003
 * Runners-up (3): 1932, 1967, 1998

Provincial

 * Leinster Senior Football Championship
 * Winners (6): 1889, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 2003
 * Runners-up (15): 1929, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2018
 * Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
 * Winners (8): 1964, 1969, 1982, 1987, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007
 * Runners-up (4): 1975, 1986, 1999, 2009
 * Leinster Under-20 Football Championship
 * Runners-up (2): 2019, 2020
 * Leinster Minor Football Championship
 * Winners (9): 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007
 * Runners-up (7): 1933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016
 * Leinster Junior Football Championship
 * Winners (5): 1907, 1941, 1968, 1973, 1993
 * O'Byrne Cup
 * Winners (5): 1978, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2005

==Further reading==
 * Optional

==References==