Timahoe GAA is a

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club in the

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Timahoe Timahoe (: 'House of Mochua') is a village in County Laois, Ireland, south of Portlaoise on the R426 regional road. The population of Timahoe in 2002 was 517, a 2.6% increase since 1996. It increased to 527 in 2006. Retrieved dead link with Wa ...

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. Club colours are red and white and the club grounds are called Páirc Mochua. It provided the venue for the 1984 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, where Kerry defeated Leitrim. Timahoe's only

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title to date came in 1969 when Tom Joe Bradley captained the club to the county title. Bobby Miller was probably one of Timahoe's greatest ever players while former Laois senior star

Pauric Clancy Pádraig Clancy is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. Playing career Clancy plays with his local club Timahoe and won three Laois Intermediate Football Championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2010. Clancy usually played at midfield for his coun ...

was midfielder on the 2003 Laois team which won the

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. Current and former Laois senior players

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Brendan Quigley Brendan Quigley (born 19 January 1986) is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois. He usually plays at midfield or full-forward. In 2003, Quigley was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the firs ...

and

Eoin Culliton Eoin Culliton is a Gaelic footballer for Laois. He plays club football for his local club Timahoe and plays as goalkeeper for the Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland R ...

all play for the club. In 2008, Timahoe reached the final of the

only to lose to Portlaoise (their sixth senior final defeat) and in a major reversal of fortunes in 2009, Timahoe were relegated to the intermediate grade. Having returning to senior ranks in 2010, the club were again relegated at the end of the 2013 season . Timahoe have previously won the Laois Intermediate Football Championship on four occasions, 1962, 2000, 2004 and 2010. Hurling in the club takes place under the banner of the Park/Ratheniska-Timahoe club which was formed in late 2017 from the amalgamation of the hurling wings of the Timahoe and Park/Ratheniska clubs.

Achievements

: (1) 1969 *

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 ...

(4) 1962, 2000, 2004, 2010

Notable players

* Bobby Miller *

Sue Ramsbottom Sue Ramsbottom (born 11 July 1973) is an Irish ladies' Gaelic football and rugby union player. Early life Ramsbottom attended Timahoe National School and played Gaelic football on the boys' team. She attended the Brigidine secondary school in ...

(ladies' football) *Liam (Sheriff) Ramsbottom *Conor Fitzpatrick *Pat Smyth *Ruairí O'Connor *Richard Oxley *Damien O'Connor, Laois vice-captain to

Stephen Attride Stephen Attride (born 1993) is a Gaelic footballer who has played for the Killeshin club and the Laois county team, serving as captain of his county for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. Attride was primarily interested in athletics from a young ...

in 2019 *

References

External links

History of Timahoe GAA
Gaelic games clubs in County Laois Gaelic football clubs in County Laois Hurling clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub