Laois GAA

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For more details of Laois GAA see Laois Senior Football Championship or Laois Senior Hurling Championship or Laois Intermediate Football Championship or Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship or Laois Junior Football Championship or Laois Under 21 Football Championship or Laois Minor Football Championship.

Laois GAA

Irish:	Laois
Province:	Leinster
Nickname:	The O'Moore County
County Colours:	Blue and White
Grounds:	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Dominant Sport:	Dual County
NFL:	Division 1
NHL:	Division 1
Football Championship:	Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:	Liam McCarthy Cup
Standard colours

The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois) or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county football and hurling teams. Separate county boards are also responsible for the camogie and ladies football teams.

Contents 1 History 2 Gaelic football 2.1 Honours 2.2 Famous Players 3 Hurling 3.1 Honours 3.2 Famous Players 4 Bibliography 5 Clubs of Laois 6 External links

[edit] History

One of a select group of counties to have contested All Ireland finals in both football and hurling, Laois have recently enjoyed a football revival associated with the success of their minor teams from 1996 on and the winning of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in 2003.

[edit] Gaelic football

After winning minor All Ireland titles in 1996 and 1997 Laois became a field study to show if the minor championship really works as a breeding ground for success, topping up with an appearance in the All Ireland under-21 final with a breakthrough Leinster Senior Football Championship in 2003 with former Kerry and Kildare manager Mick O'Dwyer. Laois won another minor All Ireland in 2003, beating Dublin in the final. A great display by midfielder Liam Irwin helped Laois beat Monaghan by a point in the 1986 National Football League final. They have been to the National Football League semi-final three times in the 1990's

[edit] Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Football Finalists: 2
  • 1889, 1936.
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 3
  • 1996, 1997, 2003

• All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
  • 1973

• All-Ireland ‘B’: 1
  • 1993

• National Football League: 2
  • 1926, 1986
  • Semi-finalists: 1952, 1978, 1994, 1995, 1997.
• Leinster Senior Football Championships: 6
  • 1889, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 2003

• Leinster Under 21 Football Championships: 7
  • 1964, 1969, 1982, 1987, 1994, 1998, 2006

• Leinster Minor Football Championships: 8
  • 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005

• Leinster Junior Football Championships: 5
  • 1907, 1941, 1968, 1973, 1993

• All Stars: 5
  • 1986 (Colm Browne, Liam Irwin), 2003 (Fergal Byron, Joe Higgins, Tom Kelly)
• All Ireland Senior B Football in 1993.
• O'Byrne Cup Football in 1978, 1987, 1991 and 1994.
• Women's MF in 1992.
• Portlaoise won All Ireland Club Football in 1983.

[edit] Famous Players

• Bobby Miller
  
• Tommy Murphy
  
• Tom Prendergast
  
• Jack Kenna
  
• Beano McDonald
  
• Fergal Byron
  
• Liam Irwin
  
• Joe Higgins
  
• Tom Kelly
  
• Colm Browne
  
• Colm Begley
  
• Bill Delaney
  
• George Doyle
  
• Mick Haughney
  
• Mick Aherne
  
• Des Connolly
  
• Ian Fitzgerald
  
• Kevin Fitzpatrick

[edit] Hurling

Laois's only All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship win was back in 1915 when the day was so wet the team reportedly played the second half in their overcoats.

The hurlers reached National Hurling League semi-finals in 1981 and 1983 before losing the Centenary Cup hurling final to Cork in 1984, and were back in the National Hurling League semi-final in 1996. Laois's last big Leinster Senior Hurling Championship win, over Wexford in 1985, was followed by a disappointing final defeat against Offaly.

[edit] Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1
  • 1915

• National Hurling League: 1
  • 2002
  • semi-finalists 1981, 1983, 1996.
  • Div 2 Hurling in 1960 and 1965.

• All-Ireland Senior B Hurling: 2
  • 1977 and 1979,

• Leinster Senior Hurling Championships: 3
  • 1914, 1915, 1949

• Leinster Under 21 Hurling Championships: 1
  • 1983

• Leinster Minor Hurling Championships: 4
  • 1934, 1940, 1941, 1964

• Leinster Junior Hurling Championships: 3
  • 1910, 1914, 1933

• All Stars: 1
  • 1985 (Pat Critchley)

• Walsh Cup H in 1980 and 1991,
• Keogh Cup H in 1982.

[edit] Famous Players

• Sean Delaney
• Pat Critchley
• Mick Aherne
• Timmy Fitzpatrick
• Frank Keenan
• Paddy Lalor
• Jackie Bergin
• John Taylor
• PJ Cuddy
• Paddy Ruschitzko
• James Young

[edit] Bibliography

A Hundred Years Of The GAA In Laois by Teddy Fennelly, 1984.

[edit] Clubs of Laois

see Category:Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Laois

[edit] External links

• Laois on Hoganstand.com
• National and provincial titles won by Laois teams
• Club championship winners
• Laois GAA site

Gaelic Athletic Association (2006)
National Football League
Division 1	A	Cork | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Mayo | Monaghan | Offaly | Tyrone
	B	Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Meath | Wexford
Division 2	A	Carlow | Clare | Donegal | Leitrim | London | Longford | Roscommon | Westmeath
	B	Antrim | Cavan | Limerick | Louth | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Wicklow
National Hurling League
Division 1	A	Clare | Cork | Down | Offaly | Waterford | Wexford
	B	Antrim | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Tipperary
Division 2	A	Carlow | Derry | Dublin | Meath | Roscommon | Wicklow
	B	Kerry | Kildare | London | Mayo | Westmeath
Division 3	A	Donegal | Leitrim | Louth | Monaghan | Sligo
	B	Armagh | Cavan | Fermanagh | Longford | Tyrone
Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Liam McCarthy Cup (2006)
Clare |  Cork |  Dublin |  Galway |  Kilkenny |  Laois |  Limerick |  Offaly |  Tipperary |  Waterford |  Westmeath |  Wexford
Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1)   -  Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)   -  Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)