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Laois Junior Hurling Championship
The Laois Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by lower-tier Laois GAA clubs. Ballypickas are the 2024 champions, defeating Borris-Kilcotton GAA in the final. As of then, they have won the most (9). Junior A The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Phelan Cup. The winners of the Laois Junior Championship qualify to represent thecounty in the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship. They often do well there, with the likes of Ballyfin (2011) getting to a Leinster Final after winning the Laois Junior Hurling Championship but Kilkenny GAA club St Patrick's beat them on their way to the All-Ireland title. '' |
Hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much glossary of Gaelic games terms, terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an Fraxinus excelsior, ash wood stick called a hurl or Hurley (stick), hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or in English) to hit a small ball called a ' (pronounced in English) between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a gaelic football and Hurling positions#Goalkeeper, goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Castletown GAA
Castletown GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are blue and white. The current Castletown club was founded in 1974 and has won a total of 8 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles since 1995. They have also played in 3 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship finals but lost all 3. Famous Laois intercounty hurlers who have played for Castletown include Paul Cuddy, David Cuddy, Cyril Cuddy, John Lyons, Pat Mullaney, Barry McEvoy and James Hooban. In terms of the club's history, it takes its roots from the Cuddagh team of the late 1950s and early 1960s when the club won Junior and Intermediate titles in successive years and lost out in the Laois SHC final the following year by the narrowest of margins to near neighbours, Camross, who themselves as a result were winning their first title. Achievements * Laois Senior Hurling Championship The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Errill GAA
Errill GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in Errill in County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green and white. The club grounds on the Roscrea Road are called Páirc Eiréil. The club currently amalgamates at all levels of hurling with neighbouring club Rathdowney and in 2006 the Rathdowney-Errill team won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship for the first time ever. The Errill club has twice won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship, (1938 and 1952) and won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship in 1981. It also won the Laois U-21 B Hurling Championship in 1997. Although football would be very much a secondary sport in the area, there has been some success with wins in the Laois Junior C Football Championship in 2000 and 2016 and the Laois Junior B Football Championship in 2017 and 2019. Laois All-County Football League Division 5 title was also won in 1998. Achievements * Laois Senior Hurling Championship: (2) 1938, 1952 * Laois Intermedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Timahoe GAA
Timahoe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the village of Timahoe, County Laois, Ireland. 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 Laois Senior Football Championship 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 was midfielder on the 2003 Laois team which won the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Current and former Laois senior players Damien O'Connor, Brendan Quigley and Eoin Culliton all play for the club. In 2008, Timahoe reached the final of the Laois Senior Football Championship 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clonaslee–St Manman's GAA
Clonaslee St Manman's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club in the village of Clonaslee, County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green, white and red (differ between green and white or red and white or sometimes green/red/white depending on whether it is hurling or football. History Clonaslee GAA club catered for football and hurling until 1974, when St Manman's Gaelic Football Club was founded and catered exclusively for football. St Manman's reached the 1977 Laois Junior Football Championships final, losing to Portlaoise. In 2001, Clonaslee Hurling Club amalgamated with St Manman's Football Club. In 1999, Clonaslee–St Manman's amalgamated with Rosenallis forming a Gaels(joint team at senior that allows clubs to have separate junior teams) Senior hurling.They also amalgamated at underage in hurling and football. This team was named Tinnahinch after the barony of Tinnahinch which includes the civil parishes of Kilmanman, Reary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ballinakill GAA
Ballinakill GAA is a hurling and Gaelic football club in Ballinakill, County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club colours are maroon and white and the club grounds are in Ballinakill village near the border with County Kilkenny. History In 1888, the Ballinakill club won the first ever Laois Senior Football Championship but these days the club is more renowned as a hurling heartland. After two final defeats in 1941 and 1966, Ballinakill won its first ever hurling title in 1969 when they defeated Kyle GAA, Kyle in the final 2-7 to 1-5 to win the Laois Junior Hurling Championship. For the following four years, Ballinakill was defeated in four successive Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship finals before defeating The Harps GAA, Durrow in the 1974 final to qualify for senior ranks. Ballinakill also won three successive Laois Under 21 Hurling Championship titles in 1973, 1974 and 1975, two more in 2002 and 2003 as well as Laois Minor A Championship titles in 1970 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rosenallis GAA
Rosenallis Gaelic Athletic Association club is a hurling and Gaelic football club in the village of Rosenallis in County Laois, Ireland. The club colours are green and white. At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Rosenallis field football teams at Senior, Junior B and Junior C and Hurling Teams at Senior, Junior A and Junior C. Past Amalgamation The club formerly amalgamated with the Clonaslee–St Manman's club to play senior hurling under the name Tinnahinch. In 1999, Rosenallis joined with Clonaslee to form a joint senior hurling, minor and underage hurling and football teams. This club was called Tinnahinch after the old barony name Tinnahinch which included the parishes of Kilmanman, Reary and Rosenallis. Tinnahinch was in 3 Senior Hurling County Hurling finals, 2002, 2003, 2006. In 2009, it won Division 3 Féile na nGael (Under 14 Hurling) national hurling title. At adult level, this was a Gaels team which meant that both Clonaslee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Portlaoise GAA
Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Portlaoise, the county town of County Laois, Laois in Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club has won several Laois Senior Football Championship, Laois Senior Football, Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Laois Senior Hurling and Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championships. The club won the 1982-93 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The club has its grounds at Rathleague townland, to the southeast of Portlaoise town. History Founding Portlaoise GAA club was founded in the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The inaugural meeting of the club took place in Portlaoise's town hall on Monday 28 November 1887. It was a public meeting called by placard and there was a big attendance. Amongst those present were Dr. Higgins, coroner for the Queen's County (Laois), who presided, N. Walsh, C.T.C., P.A. Meehan, T.C., C. McDermott, T.C., P. Kelly, T.C., T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kilcotton GAA
Kilcotton GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The club colours are green with gold trim and a white sash. The grounds are at knockaroo. Formerly primarily hurling club, Kilcotton now operates solely as a Gaelic football club. It amalgamated at all age levels with its neighbouring club, Borris-in-Ossory GAA, with which it competes in hurling as Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton GAA, Borris-in-Ossory-Kilcotton GAA. The clubs however field separate Gaelic football teams and compete as separate clubs in the Laois Junior C Football Championship. Honours * Laois Senior Hurling Championship: (10) 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929 * Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1984, 1991, 2002 * Laois Junior B Hurling Championship (1) 2005 * Laois All-County Hurling League (1) 2004 References Gaelic games clubs in County Laois Hurling clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Park–Ratheniska GAA
Park–Ratheniska GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football and hurling club in County Laois, Ireland. The club was founded in 1981 after the amalgamation of Park Football Club and Ratheniska Hurling Club. The club's colours are green and gold. The club has competed at senior level in both hurling and Gaelic football and has a juvenile section, catering for both boys and girls in hurling and football from U6 up to U21. History Origins Gaelic Athletic Association has always played a role in Park–Ratheniska, dating back to a Ratheniska team in 1913, where the first signs of Gaelic football in the area can be traced. This team faded away after contesting a few finals in that era, and it wasn't until the Loughteague team in 1927 and 1928 that football began to flourish in the area when the newly formed club won two Laois Junior Football Championships. Foundation of Park Football Club The first appearance of what was to become the Park–Ratheniska GAA club came in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
St Fintan's, Colt GAA
Colt GAA is a Gaelic football and hurling club in County Laois, Ireland. The club is located in the parish of Raheen and amalgamates with Shanahoe GAA and Clonad GAA to play underage football and hurling. Since 2020 it amalgamated with Shanahoe to play hurling in the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship but later relegated to Intermediate Championship 2021. The club has never won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship but won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship four times in 1965, 1971, 1979 and 2008. The club won the division 2 league in 2010 & Senior B Hurling League 2013 Colt has also won the Laois Junior Hurling Championship twice in 1959 and 1996. In 1996, a double was achieved as Colt also won the Laois Junior "C" Hurling Championship with their second team. The junior teams most recent success was in 2019 when Colt won the Division 5 hurling league. Football since 2020 is the way Colt is now represented. In 1998, the club won the Laois Junior "B" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
