Wicklow were beaten for the third time in a week as they went down 1-05 to 1-09 to Longford this afternoon .
The sides went in level at half-time 1-3 a piece.
Manager Johnny Magee suffered another blow this week when Rathnew man James Stafford announced his retirement from inter-county football along with Pat McWalter, Alan Byrne and Paddy Dalton.