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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 Championship and Intermediate Championship by going for a straight knockout. Portlaoise are the title holders (2022) defeating Barrowhouse in the Final. Laois Junior Football Championship The Laois Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Laois GAA clubs. Portlaoise are the title holders (2022) defeating Barrowhouse in the Final. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Shaw Cup. The winners of the Laois Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. They often do well outside the county, with the likes of Rosenallis (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laois Club Championships
Laois GAA clubs contest Gaelic football and hurling competitions. There are both leagues and championships. From senior to under-age level. Hurling Senior Hurling Championship The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is the top level hurling competition in Laois. Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship The Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship is the second level hurling competition in Laois. Intermediate Hurling Championship The Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship is the third level hurling competition in Laois. Junior Hurling Championship The Laois Junior Hurling Championships are the hurling competitions below second level in Laois. *The Laois Junior A Hurling Championship is the fourth level hurling competition in Laois. *The Laois Junior B Hurling Championship is the fifth level hurling competition in Laois. *The Laois Junior C Hurling Championship is the sixth level hurling competition in Laois. Under-21 Hurling Championship The Laois Under 21 Hurling Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dempsey
Martin “Marty” Edward Dempsey (born March 14, 1952), is a retired United States Army general who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2011 until September 25, 2015. He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April 11, 2011, to September 7, 2011. Before that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December 8, 2008, to April 11, 2011, as Acting Commander, U.S. Central Command, from March 24, 2008, to October 30, 2008, as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, from August 2007 to March 23, 2008, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I), from August 2005 to August 2007. Dempsey assumed his assignment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 2011 and stepped down from the Chairmanship on September 25, 2015.By law10 USC 152 Dempsey assumed office on October 1. He has served as a professor at Duke University and as chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbeyleix GAA
Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. The club grounds are called Fr Breen Park and the club colours are Primrose and Blue. History The club plays at senior level in hurling and has also won eight Laois Senior Football Championship titles, last of which came in 1919. Hurling is the main game in the club and Abbeyleix holds 8 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, the last of which came in 1949. In 2006, a number of Abbeyleix players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the Laois Senior Football Championship. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and Ballyroan. Abbeyleix won the 2007 Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship and returned to the senior grade in 2008. Achievements * Laois Senior Hurling Championships (8) 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949 * Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2007 Notable players *Patrick Lalor Patrick Joseph La ... [...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] |
Wolfhill GAA
Wolfhill GAA was a Gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... The club was located in the catchment area of the current St Joseph's club. Wolfhill won the Laois Senior Football Championship in 1896 and also reached the final of the championship in 1889 and 1897. Wolfhill also won the Laois Junior Football Championship in 1920 and the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 1950. The St Joseph's club came into being in 1954. However, the Wolfhill club remained throughout the 50s and 60s and later became defunct in the 1970s due to the dwindling population through the fall of the coal mine industry which saw a lot of people leaving the area. The then already formed St Joseph's club was to be the final nail in Wolfhill co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portarlington GAA
Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic football club in Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland. Portarlington GAA have won 14 Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the most recent of which was in 2021. Famous past players include Steve Allen, Colm Maher, Jim Mangan, Benny Hunt, Peter Murphy, Dermot Murphy, Seamus Hunt, Tom Smith, Adrian Phelan, David Sweeney, Hugh Emerson, Padraig O'Dwyer, Damien Ryan and Evin Bennett. Current players of note include Cathal Ryan who played as a defender for the Laois senior team from 2004 until the end of the 2010/2011 season. Achievements * Laois Senior Football Championship: Winners (15): 1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2020, 2021, 2022 Notable players Former players * Steve Allen * Colm Maher * Jim Mangan * Benny Hunt * Seamus Hunt, involved in Laois's first Leinster final appearance for 13 years in 1981 * Dermot Murphy * Brendan McCann * Kevin McCann * Peter Murphy * Tom Smith * Adrian Phelan * David Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borris-in-Ossory GAA
Borris-in-Ossory GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the small town of Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are red and white and the club grounds are called O'Keefe Park. Formerly, primarily a hurling club, Borris-in-Ossory now operates solely as a gaelic football club. It amalgamates at all age levels with its neighbouring club, Kilcotton GAA, with which it competes in hurling as Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton GAA. The clubs however field separate Gaelic football teams, and compete as separate clubs in the Laois Junior C Football Championship. The club won five Laois Senior Hurling Championships, the last of which came in 1972. The Laois and Leinster hurler Christy O'Brien played in all five wins and was captain for the first four wins between 1956 and 1961. Achievements * Laois Senior Hurling Championship: (5) 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972 * Laois Junior Hurling Championship: (1) 1970 * Laois Junior B Hurling Championships: (3) 1983, 1997, 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heath GAA
The Heath GAA is a Gaelic football, ladies' Gaelic football and rounders club in County Laois, Ireland, located to the northeast of Portlaoise. History The club was founded in 1888. Originally the club was known as St. Patrick's. The club colours were scarlet and grey but nowadays they are black and amber. The Heath have won 10 Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the last of which came in 1993. Denis Lalor (who not only starred on the Laois Senior team but also won two Railway Cup medals with Leinster), Pat Roe and Chris Bergin are among The Heath's most famous players in recent times while Shane Hennessy, David O'Hara, Michael Clancy and Michael Lambe have all achieved the dream of playing in an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Final. Because The Heath is a football only club, a number of its players play hurling with Clonad or Park/Ratheniska. Achievements * Laois Senior Football Championship: (10) 1913, 1918, 1920, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyroan GAA
Ballyroan Abbey GAA was a Gaelic football club in Ballyroan, County Laois, Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club colours were sky blue and navy, originally having been royal blue with a dominant white V on the front. The club won eight Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the most recent of which was in 1992. It also won the second ever Laois Junior A Football Championship in 1907. In 2006, a number of Ballyroan players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the Laois Senior Football Championship. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix GAA and Ballyroan. In 2007 the two clubs joined together to form the new Ballyroan Abbey GAA club. The existing Abbeyleix GAA club now solely plays hurling. Ballyroan Abbey still exists today. Achievements * Laois Senior Football Championship The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship. The final, currently held on the fourth Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in Connacht, Munster and Ulster, are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Garvan
Noel Garvan is a former inter-county Gaelic footballer from County Laois. He plays for the St Joseph's club. He usually played at midfield for Laois and played a huge part in 2003 when Laois ended the 57-year wait for the Leinster Senior Football Championship title. Garvan emerged on to the scene in 1996 as part of the Laois minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title. Son of Tommy Garvan, himself no mean operator on a football field, Noel Garvan caught the eye with his spectacular high fielding as a minor and quickly progressed through the ranks picking up a Leinster U21 Football Championship medal in 1998 before adding a Sigerson Cup title to his honours list in 1999 when he also won the Player of the Tournament award with IT Tralee. After a spectacular 2005 campaign in which he captained his county to the O'Byrne Cup, Garvan received a well-deserved All Stars nomination. In the same year, he won an Interprovincial Championship The GAA Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
