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Laois All-County Football League
The Laois All-County Football League (ACFL) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by Laois GAA clubs. There are seven divisions and teams are promoted and relegated according to their league standing each year. Prior to the inception of the All-County Football League, league competitions titled the Senior Football League, Intermediate Football League and Junior Football League were in place. These would have roughly equated to the current top three or four divisions in the ACFL. The 2022 ACFL Division One winners were St Joseph's who defeated Graiguecullen Graiguecullen GFC are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Laois, Ireland. The club played in Carlow for many years but in 1926 they were suspended. The club then chose to play in Laois and have been doing so ever since. The club were ... in the final. The trophy for ACFL Division One is called the Rexie McDonald Cup. Roll of honour Division One (formerly Senior Football League) Division One " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Joseph's GAA (Laois)
St Joseph's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It won nine Laois Senior Football Championship titles between 1973 and 2000. The club colours are yellow with blue trim and the main club grounds are located at Kellyville with a secondary grounds at Milltown. History Founded in 1954 as an underage club, it won the Laois minor and junior football titles in 1967, the minor title again in 1968, the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 1969 and a further junior title in 1976. Then St Joseph's progressed to win nine Laois Senior Football Championship titles: in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996 and 2000. As well as this, the club (in an amalgamation with Barrowhouse GAA, Barrowhouse) won the Under-21 Championship in 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016. It is a parish team and is made up of the four small areas represented on the club crest: Ballyadams, Luggacurren, The Swan, County Laois, The Swan and Wolfh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annanough GAA
Annanough GAA is a Gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland. History Annanough was founded in 1920 from a merger of the old Vicarstown and Moyanna clubs. Moyanna had won the 1891 Laois Senior Football Championship title while Vicarstown were Laois Intermediate Football Championship winners in 1917 and 1919. Success wasn't long coming the new club's way with the legendary Dick Miller captaining Annanough to a three-in-a-row of Laois Senior Football Championship titles from 1924 to 1926. Another great Annanough team emerged in the 1950s to take two more Laois Senior Football Championship titles. Names like the Nerneys, Dunnes, Terry O’Connell, Ronan Donlan, Tom Gorman, the Murphys and of course the Millers backboned both club and county team at this time. Annanough went back to intermediate ranks before a Martin Stapleton captained side captured the 1978 Laois Intermediate Football Championship title with a 2–9 to 1–4 win over Park. The 1980s saw Annanough resume the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harps GAA
The Harps GAA is a hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club in County Laois, Ireland. It is a combination of players from the villages of Cullohill and Durrow. Hurling and camogie are the dominant sports in the club but, the club also fields football teams. The club colours are yellow with red trim, and its grounds are in Durrow and Cullohill. History The club was formed in 1984 as an amalgamation of the old clubs of Durrow and Cullohill. In their very first year, the club reached the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final but lost to Portlaoise in a replay. They returned to the final in 1997 and 1998 but lost both to Castletown and Portlaoise respectively. In 2016, The Harps were relegated to second tier hurling to Senior ''A''. Clare GAA All-Ireland winner Ollie Baker took on the club's hurling manager position in 2022. Honours ;Hurling Championship * Laois Senior B Hurling Championship - 1996, 2001 * Laois Intermediate Premier Hurling Championship - 2020 * Laois Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilcavan GAA
Kilcavan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland. History Founded in 1946, the club colours are maroon and white. The club grounds are situated near the villages of Killeigh and Geashill which are on the other side of the Offaly border. Derek O'Connell in 1995 became the first and to date only Kilcavan player to play for Laois at senior championship level. Kilcavan has won four Laois Junior Football Championship titles (1960, 1993, 2004 and 2013) as well as the Laois Junior "B" Football Championship title in 1984. The club also won the Laois All-County Football League Division 3 title in 2003 and 2016. At underage level, Kilcavan field teams in the under 13, under 15 and under 17 grades in an amalgamation with The Rock. Achievements * Laois Junior Football Championships: (4) 1960, 1993, 2004, 2013 * Laois Junior B Football Championship: (1) 1984 * Laois All-County Football League Division 3: (2) 2003, 2016 * Laois All-County Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spink GAA
Spink Gaelic Athletic Association Club is a gaelic football club in Spink, County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green and red and the club is located in the parish of Ballinakill on the main Abbeyleix to Carlow road. Honours * Laois Junior Football Championships (3) 1944, 1987, 2011 * Laois Intermediate Football Championship (1) 1989 * Laois Junior B Football Championship (2) 1986, 2004 * Laois All-County Football League Division 2: (2) 1988, 1989 * Laois All-County Football League Division 4: (1) 1986 Notable players Spink was represented on the Laois Under 21 football team by goalkeeper John Dunphy John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ... in 2010 and 2011. References External links 2004 junior title report from Laois Nationalist Gaelic games clubs in Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrowhouse GAA
Barrowhouse GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Laois located in the townland of Barrowhouse which is close to the border with County Kildare near the town of Athy in the Republic of Ireland. History Barrowhouse GAA was founded by William Langton in 1919 They lost to Portlaoise in the 1975 Laois Intermediate Football Championship Final. Honours * Laois Intermediate Football Championship: (3) 1980, 1985, 1992 * Laois Junior Football Championships The Laois Junior Football Championships are the lower-tier Laois Club Football Championships. The Junior A and Junior B Championships use group phases then down to eight-four-two and the Junior C Championship operates similarly to the Senior Cha ...: (4) 1927, 1946, 1974, 2015 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (1) 1992 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (2) 2007, 2012 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (1) 2006 * Laois Under-21 Football Championship: 2008, 2011, 2015 * Laois Under-14 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonaslee–St Manman's GAA
Clonaslee–St Manman's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club in Clonaslee, County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club colours are green and white for gaelic football, football and red and white for hurling. History Clonaslee GAA club catered for football and hurling until 1974 when St Manman's Gaelic Football Club was founded and catered exclusively for football. St Manman's reached the 1977 Laois Junior Football Championships final, losing to Portlaoise GAA, Portlaoise. Clonaslee Hurling Club and St Manman's Football Club amalgamated in 2001. In 1999 Clonaslee–St Manman's joined with Rosenallis GAA, Rosenallis to form a joint senior hurling, minor and underage hurling and football teams. This club was called Tinnahinch GAA, Tinnahinch after the old barony name Tinnahinch which included the parishes of Kilmanman, Reary and Rosenallis. Tinnahinch was in 3 Senior Hurling County Hurling finals, 2002, 2003, 2006. In 2009, it won Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountmellick GAA
Mountmellick GAA (Irish: ''Cumann Luthchleas Gael Móinteach Milic'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football and Hurling club in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland. Mountmellick GAA is bordered by neighbouring clubs, The Rock, Kilcavan, Ballyfin and Rosenallis. At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Mountmellick field football teams at Intermediate and junior B. They field hurling teams at Intermediate and Junior B. In recent years juvenile football and hurling affairs have been catered for by the Sarsfields(Football) and Na Fianna(Hurling) amalgamations, an amalgamation with neighbouring club, Ballyfin History In 2006, Mountmellick bridged a 38-year gap to win the Laois Intermediate Football Championship for just the second time ever, beating Annanough in the final. The first IFC title was won in 1968. Mountmellick has won the Laois Junior Football Championship five times and the Laois Minor Football Championship twice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenallis GAA
Rosenallis Gaelic Athletic Association club is a hurling and Gaelic football club in the village of Rosenallis in County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green and white. The club formerly amalgamated with the Clonaslee–St Manman's club to play senior hurling under the name Tinnahinch. Seamus Dooley, Declan Conroy and John Lennon are three of the club's most famous players, representing Laois at senior hurling level. Rosenallis has won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship three times (in 1989, 1999 and 2016). In 2012, Rosenallis GAA had a huge representation at county level. Patrick Keating played for Laois U21 hurling while at minor level, Ruaidhri C-Fennell and Dean Mahon played with the county footballers and Ronan Murray, John Lennon and Eoin Carroll played for the county hurlers. History In the mid-1990s, Rosenallis won the Junior Football Championship and then went on to win the Intermediate Football Championship back-to-back. In 2016, Rosenallis won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyfin GAA
Ballyfin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green and white. The club grounds are at Cappinrush, beside Ballyfin's Roman Catholic church. The current Laois senior football player James Finn is a member of the club as is Oliver Phelan who managed Laois to their 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Ballyfin have won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on 3 occasions; in 1970 defeating Ballinakill, in 1985 defeating Clonaslee and most recently in 2006 defeating Colt. Prior to their 1970 win, in 1967 Ballyfin defeated traditional rivals Clonaslee in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship final to gain promotion to the intermediate ranks. In 1972 they made their one and only appearance in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final, losing out to Borris-in-Ossory. In 2005 Ballyfin captured the Laois Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship, defeating Abbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park–Ratheniska GAA
Park–Ratheniska GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football and hurling club in County Laois, Ireland. The club was founded in 1981 after the amalgamation of Park Football Club and Ratheniska Hurling Club. The club's colours are green and gold. The club has competed at senior level in both hurling and Gaelic football and has a juvenile section, catering for both boys and girls in hurling and football from U6 up to U21. History Origins Gaelic Athletic Association has always played a role in Park–Ratheniska, dating back to a Ratheniska team in 1913, where the first signs of Gaelic football in the area can be traced. This team faded away after contesting a few finals in that era, and it wasn't until the Loughteague team in 1927 and 1928 that football began to flourish in the area when the newly formed club won two Laois Junior Football Championships. Foundation of Park Football Club The first appearance of what was to become the Park–Ratheniska GAA club came in 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyroan Abbey GAA
Ballyroan Abbey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland. History The original Ballyroan GAA club was founded in 1887. The club colours were originally royal blue with a dominant white V on the front, later being changed to sky blue and navy. The Ballyroan GAA club won eight Laois Senior Football Championship titles in its own right, the most recent of which was in 1992. Ballyroan Gaels was a temporary amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and Ballyroan. This amalgamation was made permanent in 2007, when they became known as Ballyroan Abbey GAA. This was also a year of great surprise, when they lost to The Heath in a relegation play-off game meaning they would take part at intermediate rather than senior level in 2008. However, 2008 saw the club make a swift return to senior ranks with a 1-12 to 0-10 win over Park/Ratheniska in the final of the Laois Intermediate Football Championship . By December of the same yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |