Portarlington GAA
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| Founded: | 1893 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Port | ||||||||
| Club colours: | Maroon jersey and green sash, white shorts | ||||||||
| Grounds: | McCann Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°08′56.13″N 7°10′45.56″W / 53.1489250°N 7.1793222°WCoordinates: 53°08′56.13″N 7°10′45.56″W / 53.1489250°N 7.1793222°W | ||||||||
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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 12 Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the most recent of which was in 2001.
Famous past players include Steve Allen, Colm Maher, Benny Hunt, Seamus Hunt, Tom Smith, Adrian Phelan, David Sweeney, Hugh Emerson, Padraig O'Dwyer, Damien Ryan 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. RIP. The stand has a capacity of 1012 people (all seated).