Portlaoise GAA
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Club Colours: | White with green hoop | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Ui Fhaolain | ||||||||||||||||
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Portlaoise Gaelic Athletic Association Club is a hurling and gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.
The club grounds off the Abbeyleix road in the town of Portlaoise are called Pairc Ui Fhaolain.
The club colours are white with a green hoop.
Portlaoise GAA club is Laois's biggest and most succesful club since the inception of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Laois. They have won 11 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles and a record 23 Laois Senior Football Championship titles.
In 1983, Portlaoise recorded a memorable win in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship and in 2005 they again reached the final where they were narrowly defeated by Ballina Stephenites.
Numerous famous players have played for "The Town" with Colm Parkinson, Aidan Fennelly, Brian McCormack, Craig Rogers and Kevin Fitzpatrick among the current stars.
Past players of note include Tom Prendergast, Ian Fitzgerald, Colm Browne, Karl Lenihan, Niall Rigney, John Taylor and Sean Delaney.
