Mick Aherne 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 ...

and

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player from

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. He played for many years on the

Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

senior football and hurling teams in the defence. In 1986, he starred on the Laois senior football team that won the county's second

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title A native of Ballacolla, Mick played his club hurling with

Ballacolla Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla (), is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, southwest of Abbeyleix Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around south o ...

and his club football with the O'Dempsey's club with whom he played a leading role in 1980 when the club won its second Laois Senior Football Championship title.

References

* Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000 Tom Ryall, 2000 * Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Raymond Smith, 1999 * Laois GAA Yearbook 1999 Leinster Express, 1999 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dual players Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers Laois inter-county hurlers Clough-Ballacolla hurlers O'Dempseys Gaelic footballers {{Laois-hurling-bio-stub