Portarlington GAA
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| Founded: | 1893 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Laois | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Port | ||||||||||||||||
| Club Colours: | Maroon jersey and green sash, white shorts | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | McCann Park | ||||||||||||||||
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Portarlington Gaelic Athletic Association club is a gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.
The club grounds are called McCann Park and club colours are maroon jerseys with a green sash and white shorts.
Portarlington has won ten Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the most recent of which was in 2001.
Famous past players include Benny Hunt, Seamus Hunt, Tom Smith, Adrian Phelan, David Sweeney and Hugh Emerson.
[edit] McCann Park
McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club. The Laois senior inter-county team often train here. The Colm Maher memorial stand which is the main stand in the ground was built in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died on June 2nd 1996. The stand has a capacity of 1012 people (all seater).
