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Longcommon
Sport:
[[Gaelic hurlball|Hurlball]]
Irish:Muine Bheag
Nickname(s):The Strawberries
The Dormice
The Holy Men
The Pot Bellies
County board:Athlone GAA
Manager:Brian Cody
Captain:Stephen Cluxton
Most appearances:Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (193)
Top scorer:Damian Casey (39–908)[1]
Home venue(s):Tayto Park
Recent competitive record
Current All-Ireland status:Connacht (F) in 2020
Last championship title:2006
Current NFL Division:2 (2nd in 2020; promoted to Division 1)
Last league title:None
First colours

The Longcommon county hurlball team represents [[County Longcommon|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 All-Ireland Senior Hurlball Championship|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 county hurlball team|Tipperary]] in the All-Ireland SHC qualifier, 14 November 2020

No. Player Position Club
1 Anthony Nash Goalkeeper Kanturk
2 Damien Cahalane Right Corner Back St Finbarr's
3 Colm Spillane Full Back Castlelyons
4 Seán O'Donoghue Left Corner Back Inniscarra
5 Tim O'Mahony Right Half Back Newtownshandrum
6 Robert Downey Centre Back Glen Rovers
7 Mark Coleman Left Half Back Blarney
8 Bill Cooper Midfield Youghal
9 Luke Meade Midfield Newcestown
10 Séamus Harnedy Right Half Forward St Ita's
11 Shane Kingston Centre Forward Douglas
12 Robbie O'Flynn Left Half Forward Erin's Own
13 Jack O'Connor Right Corner Forward Sarsfields
14 Declan Dalton Full Forward Fr. O'Neill's
15 Patrick Horgan (c) Left Corner Forward Glen Rovers
No. Player Position Club
16 Patrick Collins Substitute Ballinhassig
17 Stephen McDonnell Substitute Glen Rovers
18 Niall O'Leary Substitute Castlelyons
19 Seán O'Leary-Hayes Substitute Midleton
20 Christopher Joyce Substitute Na Piarsaigh
21 Billy Hennessy Substitute St Finbarr's
22 Darragh Fitzgibbon Substitute Charleville
23 Conor Lehane Substitute Midleton
24 Aidan Walsh Substitute Kanturk
25 Daire Connery Substitute Na Piarsaigh
26 Conor Cahalane Substitute St Finbarr's

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:[2]
==Managerial history==
==Players==
{{further|:Category:Longcommon inter-county Gaelic hurlballers}}
===All Stars===

Offaly has 30 All Stars, as of 1997. 19 different players have won, as of 1997. Martin Furlong won four All Stars, while Matt Connor won three. No one else won more than two.

1971: Eugene Mulligan, Nicholas Clavin, Willie Bryan, Tony McTague
1972: Martin Furlong, Mick Ryan, Paddy McCormack, Willie Bryan2nd, Johnny Cooney, Kevin Kilmurray, Tony McTague2nd
1973: Mick Ryan2nd, Johnny Cooney2nd, Kevin Kilmurray2nd
1978: Tomás O'Connor
1979: Seán Lowry
1980: Matt Connor
1981: Martin Furlong2nd, Richie Connor, Brendan Lowry
1982: Martin Furlong3rd, Mick Fitzgerald, Liam O'Connor, Seán Lowry2nd, Liam Currams, Pádraig Dunne, Matt Connor2nd
1983: Martin Furlong4th, Matt Connor3rd
1997: Cathal Daly

===Records===
====Most appearances====
Neil McGee has the most senior appearances in the history of Donegal, breaking Colm McFadden's record in 2019.
  • The following are among those to have made the highest number of appearances for the senior team:
# Name Career Apps
1 Neil McGee 2006– 183
2 Colm McFadden 2002–2016 173[3]
3 Frank McGlynn 2006–2019 172
4 Christy Toye 2002–2016 163
5 Brian Roper 1995–2009 159[4]
6 Michael Murphy 2007– 156
7 Eamon McGee 2004–2016 154
8 Karl Lacey 2004–2017 148[5]
9 Matt Gallagher 1981–1995 147
10 Rory Kavanagh 2002–2016 146
11 Neil Gallagher 2005–2015 140
12 Martin McHugh 1981–1994 138
13 Brendan Dunleavy 1975–1989 137
Paul Durcan 2004–2015
15 Adrian Sweeney 1996–2008 136
16 Donal Reid 1983–1993 135
17 Gary Walsh 1984–1996 133
18 Brian Murray 1984–1998 131
19 Seamus Bonner 1972–1985 129
Joyce McMullan 1982–1994 129
21 Michael Hegarty 1999–2011 127
22 Noel McCole 1974–1984 123
Anthony Molloy 1982–1994 123[6]
Kevin Cassidy 2002-2011 123
25 Damian Diver 1995–2006 120[7] 
====Top scorers====

Updated 14 August 2018.[8]

Michael Murphy is Donegal's top scorer with more than 500 points.
# Name Career Total Goals Points Appearances Average
1 Michael Murphy 2007– 577 28 493 142 4.06
2 Colm McFadden 2002–2016 513 25 438 173 2.97
3 Martin McHugh 1981–1994 444 16 396 138 3.22
4 Manus Boyle 1985–1998 350 14 308 116 3.22
5 Adrian Sweeney 1996–2008 340 16 292 136 2.5
6 Brendan Devenney 1998–2009 312 22 246 104 3
7 Tony Boyle 1992–2001 269 20 209 107 2.51
8 Patrick McBrearty 2011– 261 7 240 96 2.72
9 Declan Bonner 1983–1995 229 12 193 110 2.08 
==Competitive record==
===Results and fixtures===
==Honours==

National

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Provincial

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==Further reading==
  • Optional
==References==
{{Reflist}}
  1. ^ "'A magician of rare skill'—tributes paid to Tyrone hurling star Damian Casey who died in tragic swimming pool accident in Spain". Independent.ie. 18 June 2022. Considered Tyrone's greatest ever hurler, Damian Casey had helped his home county to Nicky Rackard Cup glory only last month… Mr Casey first lined-out for the Tyrone seniors in 2012. The full-forward started his county's first game that season and amazingly he started every game for Tyrone since then—100 outings in total.
  2. ^ O'Kane, Cahair (18 December 2020). "To put Dublin's 29-man management team into context, Manchester United's football staff totals 26". The Irish News.
  3. ^ Branigan, Peter (24 March 2019). "Murphy masterclass fires Donegal back to top flight". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Neil McGee was introduced to equal the Donegal appearances record of Colm McFadden on 173.
  4. ^ "Roper heads into the sunset". Donegal Democrat. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2010. If ever a man deserved trumpeting and a fanfare Brian Roper deserved one. After he all is Donegal's most capped player. He beat Matt Gallagher's long standing record last year and when he finally shook hands with John Joe Doherty, he had played 159 games between league, championship and Dr. McKenna Cup.
  5. ^ Aidan (31 August 2017). "Karl Lacey — Donegal's most decorated footballer announces his retirement". Donegal GAA. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  6. ^ McNulty, Chris (7 June 2016). "Anthony Molloy: 'The man from the mist' gets Freedom of Donegal". Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ^ McNulty, Chris (27 September 2013). "Meet the new backroom boys". Donegal News. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ McNulty, Chris (14 August 2018). "Numbers stack up as Michael Murphy tops Donegal's all-time charts". Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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