St Laurence's GAA () is a

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club in south

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History

St. Laurence's

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Club, is based at Oldgrange, in the parish of Narraghmore,

. It covers the parish villages of

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, Booley, Calverstown, Kilgowan, Brewel, Ballymount, Crookstown, Ballitore, and Mullaghmast. St. Laurence’s GAA's Oldgrange club grounds were purchased in 1975. The clubhouse's dressing rooms opened in 1992 and 1999 respectively. It facilitates activities such as Senior men’s football, ladies football, hurling,

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, basketball, badminton and bowls teams. St. Laurence's also houses a community complex, which includes a bar, indoor sports hall, gated and enclosed outdoor children's playground, and a 750-metre athletics track.

Gaelic Football

St. Laurence's GAA won its first

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in 2009.

Hurling

St. Laurence's GAA started fielding hurling teams at Underage in 1998 and continues to do so. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club consistently provides players to the Kildare Development Squads. In 2017, St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club had two representatives on the Kildare Under 17 Celtic Challenge Team. In 2005 St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club fielded its first-ever Adult Team, which went on to win a Kildare Adult Hurling League Title in 2008. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club won the Kildare Junior Hurling Championship in 2011, followed by winning the Kildare Intermediate League in 2012. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club has had three Players represent Kildare at Senior Hurling Level.

Camogie

Sheila Norton founded the Ballitore camogie club in March 1934 with the Kilkenny colours, black and amber. The club was a junior finalist in 1940. Revived in 1980 and using St. Laurence's colours and name, the club won the junior championship and league. The club went on to win the Intermediate championship in 1989, with a victory over Broadford, which prevented Broadford from winning 11 in-a-row. Patricia Keatley, Melanie Treacy and Michelle Aspell and were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.

Other sports

In addition to hurling, camogie, mens and ladies Gaelic football, the club also hosts badminton, basketball and bowls. St. Laurence's Badminton Club was established in 2006 and offers both Junior and Adult Badminton clubs. It is an associated with Badminton Ireland, the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland. A basketball club, the 'LARRIE BIRDS', was established in 2015. In November 2015, the 'LARRIE BIRDS' club hosted their first ever competitive basketball matches. Athlone Basketball made the journey to play the club's U12 & U14 girls teams who were the first teams to represent our club at any grade. St. Laurence's Bowls Club is based at St. Laurence's Complex Hall. They host mixed ability and mixed age teams for competitive play and social recreation.

Honours

*Kildare Minor A Football Champions 1974, 2006 *Kildare Junior B Football Championship (1) 1975 (In 1947 Narraghmore were champions) *

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: (1) 1978 *

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: Winners 1980 *Kildare Junior Camogie Championship (1) 1980 *

Finalists 1982, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2009 *Kildare Intermediate Camogie Championship (1) 1989 *Kildare Minor B Football Champions 1991, 1994, 2000 *

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: (15) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 *Kildare Senior Camogie League (13) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 *Leinster Junior Camogie Club Championship (2) 1996, 2004 *

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'Leinster Leader Cup Champions' 2000, 2005, 2009 *Kildare U21A Football Champions 2004 *Kildare Junior C Football Championship 2005 *Kildare Ladies Junior C Football Championship 2006 *Aldridge Cup 2007 * Kildare Senior Club Football Championship: (1) 2009 *Kildare Junior Hurling Championship 2011 *Kildare Minor Div 1 Football League Winners 2019

Bibliography

* Kildare GAA: A Centenary History, by

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, CLG Chill Dara,

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, hb pb * Kildare GAA yearbook, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 2000- in sequence especially the Millennium yearbook of 2000 * Soaring Sliothars: Centenary of Kildare Camogie 1904-2004 by Joan O'Flynn Kildare County Camogie Board. *Ní neart go cur le chéile : The history of St Laurence's GAA 1957-2007 by Daragh Ó Conchúir.

External links

St Laurence’s GAA site

Kildare GAA club sites
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