Longford Greyhound Stadium

Longford Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located on the south side of Longford, County Longford, Ireland.^[1]

The stadium is a ten minute walk from the town centre and has a large customer car park. Racing takes place every Monday and Friday evening and the facilities include a fast food bar and totalisator betting.^[2]

Race distances are 525, 550, 750 and 805 yards.^[3]

History

Longford Greyhound Stadium is accessed via Earl Street and is just about the most centrally located track you can get in Ireland. The south Longford venue has a circumference of 485 yards and opened in May 1939. The track hosts the Longford Derby & Longford Puppy Derby and other events to have taken place previously here are the Padian Cup and Smithwicks 550.

One of the pioneers of the track was M.J.Lyons a local businessman and John Dorris (Managing Director) and Jim Conroy (former Racing Manager) have been long service personnel at the track.^[4]

The small track remains a tight circuit and in recent times has battled for survival during a hard financial climate. The management including current Racing Manager Patrick Farrington and the voluntary committee continues to work hard to achieve a safe surface and environment for the greyhounds to run in. In July 2014 the sale of the Park Road track was agreed to Scottish based greyhound owner Howard Wallace.^[5][6]

Competitions

• Longford Derby
• Longford Puppy Derby

References

External links

• Irish Greyhound Board