Rosenallis

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Rosenallis Rosenallis (historically ''Rossinallis'', from ) is a village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road. Demographics In 2002, the population of the village's ca ...

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. The club colours are green and white. The club formerly amalgamated with the Clonaslee–St Manman's club to play senior

under the name Tinnahinch. Seamus Dooley, Declan Conroy and John Lennon are three of the club's most famous players, representing Laois at senior

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 dual championship — junior football and intermediate hurling. Paddy Dunne was the

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Achievements

Leinster Junior Club Football Championship The Leinster Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between the winners of the Junior football competitions in 10 counties of Leinster, the Intermediate football champions of Kilkenny, the Intermediate football runners- ...

Winners 2016 * Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1989, 1999, 2016 * Laois Senior "A Hurling Championship: 2019 *

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 ...

(2) 1994, 2016 *

Laois Intermediate Football Championship The Laois Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1907. The Heath are the title holders ...

(2) 1995, 2019

References

https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/gaa/481976/rosenallis-capture-intermediate-football-crown-over-12-man-clonaslee.html

External links

Official Rosenallis GAA Club website
* https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/gaa/481976/rosenallis-capture-intermediate-football-crown-over-12-man-clonaslee.html * https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/30/never-say-die-attitude-to-the-fore-as-dunne-leads-rosenallis-to-intermediate-football-crown/ * https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/29/in-pictures-rosenallis-and-odempseys-celebrate-intermediate-and-junior-football-success/ * https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/28/14-man-rosenallis-see-off-12-man-clonaslee-to-claim-intermediate-glory/ Gaelic games clubs in County Laois Gaelic football clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub