St Joseph's GAA is a

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club in

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. It won nine

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titles between 1973 and 2000. The club colours are yellow with blue trim and the main club grounds are located at Kellyville with a secondary grounds at Milltown.

History

Founded in 1954 as an underage club, it won the Laois minor and junior football titles in 1967, the minor title again in 1968, the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 1969 and a further junior title in 1976. Then St Joseph's progressed to win nine

titles: in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996 and 2000. As well as this, the club (in an amalgamation with Barrowhouse) won the Under-21 Championship in 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016. It is a parish team and is made up of the four small areas represented on the club crest: Ballyadams, Luggacurren,

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and Wolfhill. Players (past and present) include Tom Kelly, Joe Higgins, Martin Dempsey, Kieran Brennan, Dessie Brennan, Mick Dempsey and

Seán Dempsey Seán Dempsey is an Irish Gaelic football manager, coach, selector and former player. He played at minor, under-21 and senior level for the Laois county team. Dempsey later managed Laois at minor, under-21 and senior level and has been involve ...

Notable players

* Mick Dempsey *

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 Fo ...

* Joe Higgins * Tom Kelly, All Star (2003) and

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Player of the Series (2005)

Honours

s: (9) 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2000 *

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s: (7) 1971, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2010 * Laois All-County Football League Division 3: 2005, 2010 *

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 ...

1969 *

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1967, 1976, 2017 * Laois Under-21 Football Championship (4) (With Barrowhouse) 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016 * Laois Minor Football Championship (2) 1967, 1968

References

External links

Laoistalk - Laois GAA News Website

Official Website
{{Laois GAA clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Laois