Clonaslee St Manman's GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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hurling
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and
Gaelic football
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club in the village of
Clonaslee,
County Laois,
Ireland
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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
Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
It is in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster.
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.
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 Rosenallis. Tinnahinch competed in 3
Senior Hurling finals in 2002, 2003 and 2006. In 2009, they won the Division 3 Féile na nGael (U14 Hurling) national hurling title.
At adult level, this was a Gaels team which meant that both
Clonaslee and
Rosenallis could have their own separate
Junior teams.
Juvenile Setup
At underage Clonaslee fields hurling and football teams on its own up to u13, at u15 and u17 they amalgamate with Rosenallis to form Clonaslee/Rosenallis.
Achievements
Hurling
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Laois Senior Hurling Championship: (4) 1890, 1891, 1910, and 1975 Beaten finalists in 1908, 1909, 1911, 1970, 1974 and 1976.
* North Laois Senior Hurling Championship (1) 1974
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Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 1936, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1969, 1982, 1987, 1997
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Laois Junior Hurling Championship: in 1933, 1968, 1978, 1985(B), 2002(B)
* Laois Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1) 1993
* Laois Minor Hurling Championship Finalists 1975
Football
Clonaslee–St Manman's or St Manman's have won the following football county titles;
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Laois Intermediate Football Championship: (6) 1981, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2020
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Laois Junior Football Championships: 1978, 1997
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Laois Junior C Football Championship: 2007
* Laois Under 21 B Football Championship: 1999, 2006, 2007,2009 (last three as Tinnahinch)
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Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: 1981, 1987, 1990, 2002, 2019
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Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: 1998
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Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: 2016
Notable players
Darren Rooney, a former club member, represented Laois at senior in both
hurling
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and
football
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.
Mark and Declan-brothers of
Darren Rooney also played hurling and football for
Laois.
James Young is also a former Laois senior hurler.
References
Gaelic games clubs in County Laois
Gaelic football clubs in County Laois
Hurling clubs in County Laois
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