Portarlington GAA

Portarlington
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Founded: 1893
County: Laois
Nickname: Port
Club colours: Maroon jersey and green sash, white shorts
Grounds: McCann Park
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Laois
champions
Football : - - 10

Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland.

The club grounds are called McCann Park and club colours are maroon jerseys with a green sash and white shorts.

Portarlington GAA have won 9 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 , Hugh Emerson and Evin Bennett

Current players of Note include Cathal Ryan who played as a defender for The Laois Senior team from 2004 until the end of the 2010/2011 season.

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 2, 1996. The stand has a capacity of 1012 people (all seater).

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