Longford star Mickey Quinn says that the Tailteann Cup is the best place for his county and others at the same level to develop.

The Midlanders kick off their campaign in the inaugural competition tomorrow evening when they host Fermanagh at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park (throw-in 5.30pm).

Speaking to RTE Sport, Quinn said he believes that the secondary competition is the best place for Longford to develop over the coming years.

"It was always something that was in the back of my head, come Leinster championship," said the Killoe clubman.

"Lookit, were we realistically going to be competing for a Leinster final? If yes, Jesus, great. But for me it was always there, and I had chatted individually to a few of the older lads. 'That's something there for us'. We had Westmeath, and then it was Kildare if we beat them.

"Everyone had to plan out their routes at the start of the year. You have Leinster, you have qualifiers, and now you have the Tailteann Cup. And your league campaign as well.

"Of all the competitions that you realistically win, that's one (Tailteann Cup) along with your league campaign that you can go after. For us, it's definitely something you can build on going forward.

"Realistically, this was where you need to probably develop. We're at a stage now where I think we've the third most players played in the National League this year. I think it was Cork and Dublin were ahead of us.

"So we've a lot of young lads coming through. And the only way to develop and continue to improve is by playing games."

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