Portarlington GAA is 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 Portarlington,

County 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 ...

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. Portarlington GAA have won 14

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 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 Cathal Ryan is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois, Ireland. He usually plays at full back for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997. The followi ...

who played as a defender for the Laois senior team from 2004 until the end of the 2010/2011 season.

Achievements

: 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 Sweeney * Hugh Emerson * Padraig O'Dwyer * Damien Ryan * Evin Bennett * John Bolton

Current Panel

* Scott Osbourne * Cathal Bennett * Robert Piggott * Alex Mohan * Stuart Mulpeter * Jason Moore * Adam Ryan, Laois senior player * Eoin McCann * Keith Bracken * Ronan Coffey * Sean Byrne * Rioghan Murphy * Jake Foster * David Murphy * Colm Murphy * Jack Whelan * Colin Sleven * Stephen O'Neill * Daragh Galvin *

* Jonathan Fullam * Jordan Fitzpatrick * Mikey Bennett * Diarmuid Bennett * Padraig Coffey * Dean Foster * Sean Michael Corcoran * Conor McCarthy * Sean Mooney * Eoin Kennedy * Ciaran Ward

Juvenile

Recent years showed an uptake in the amount of involvement shown by the club. With this involvement became great success. In recent years the Under 16 Laois league was won four times in a row with an under 17 and minor championship in 2014 and 2017.

McCann Park

McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club. 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 inter-county team often train here, and it was the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary. The Colm Maher memorial stand which is the main stand in the ground was built in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died on 2 June 1996. The stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated).

References

External links

Portarlington GAA Official Website

Laois GAA Website
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