Ballyroan Abbey GAA was a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

club in

Ballyroan, County Laois Ballyroan () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Ballyroan and in the former barony of Cullenagh. The R425 regional road passes through the village. History Ballyroan is an ancient settlement, though i ...

, 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 The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888. Portarlington are the title holders ...

titles, the most recent of which was in 1992. It also won the second ever

Laois Junior A Football Championship 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 ...

in 1907. In 2006, a number of Ballyroan players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the

. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs,

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 a ...

and Ballyroan. In 2007 the two clubs joined together to form the new

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, ...

club. The existing

club now solely plays

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

. Ballyroan Abbey still exists today.

Achievements

: (9) 1890, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1992 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 1: (6) 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1992 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (1) 2005 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (1) 1997

References

Former Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub