Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club in

Abbeyleix Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around south of the county town of Portlaoise. Abbeyleix was formerly located on the N8, the main road from Dublin to Cork. At one point, up to 15,000 vehicles passed along the town ...

, County Laois,

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. The club grounds are called Fr Breen Park and the club colours are Primrose and Blue.

History

The club plays at senior level in

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. 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 pla ...

and has also won eight

Laois Senior Football Championship The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois GAA, Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888. Portarlington GAA, Portarli ...

titles, last of which came in 1919. Hurling is the main game in the club and Abbeyleix holds 8

Laois Senior Hurling Championship The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888. Clough–Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) are the ...

titles, the last of which came in 1949. In 2006, a number of Abbeyleix players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the

. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and Ballyroan. Abbeyleix won the 2007 Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship and returned to the senior grade in 2008.

Achievements

s (8) 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949 * Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2007

Notable players

* Patrick Lalor *Arty Ring *Eugene Fennelly, hurled for Laois *Paddy Brennan *Paddy Kelly

References

External links

Official Abbeyleix GAA Club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Laois Hurling clubs in County Laois Gaelic football clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub