Gaelic Football
How the Laois football team is shaping up ahead of the 2021 league campaign
This Sunday the Laois footballers will belatedly begin their 2021 season with a trip to Ennis to take on Clare in the opening round...
County Final Memory: Intermediate football triumph for Crettyard in 1984
Crettyard 1-9 The Rock 0-5
1984 Laois IFC Final
For a small club Crettyard have been senior for most of their history.
After the Fairymount and Tolerton...
From Leinster final hero to a hospital bed – the hard-luck story of a...
There have been many hard luck stories for Laois GAA players and teams over the years but few have experienced going from an incredible...
Nine factors to be considered in planning this year’s Laois GAA club schedule
With every announcement in relation to the 2021 GAA season - be it training dates, inter-county league fixtures or championship draws - there's an...
Laois football manager calls for ‘unlimited substitutions’ to be used in National League
Laois football manager Mike Quirke has joined Mayo manager James Horan and former Galway boss Micheál Donoghue in calling for unlimited substitutions to be...
Laois footballers set to meet Westmeath in 2021 Leinster championship
The Laois footballers have been drawn to play Westmeath in this year's Leinster championship.
The draw was made this morning on RTE Radio 1 with...
From the LaoisToday Archives: Some of the mighty Laois club football heroes still playing...
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday on April 21, 2017.
We salute this crew of mighty men. Any player that can keep playing sport well...
County Final Memory: Timahoe see off parish rivals for intermediate football honours in 2000
Timahoe 1-12 Annanough 1-6
2000 Laois IFC Final
The year 2000 was a memorable one for Timahoe GAA club as they claimed a unique double of...
A magic win over Monaghan and an early career defeat among O’Loughlin’s defining memories
Given that John O'Loughlin has played for Laois for so long and has been an ever present on the county senior football team since...
‘It’s a complete and utter disaster when you have Dublin in your province’
Being in a province with the Dublin footballers is "a complete and utter disaster" according to former Laois player Peter O'Leary who believes the...
Mike Quirke: ‘Collective sessions were never on our agenda’
Collective training sessions haven't been considered by the Laois senior footballers during this latest lockdown, according to manager Mike Quirke.
The Kerry man was speaking...
County Final Memory: Annanough return to top tier with intermediate football success in 1978
Annanough 2-9 Park 1-4
1978 Laois IFC Final
Annanough and Park-Ratheniska have a strong rivalry, one that included senior county final battles in the 1950s and...
Time out nor retirement never appealed to long-serving O’Loughlin
Given the demands of inter-county GAA, it's a rare thing for someone to have a long career without some kind of break along the...
WATCH: Laois football manager Mike Quirke on 2021 season, the Dubs and his coaching...
Mike Quirke has had the most unusual two seasons as Laois senior football manager.
He was no length in the job in 2020 when the...
How a warm-weather training camp in Spain led to one of Laois’s greatest days...
Footage of the Laois footballer's Leinster championship win over Meath in 1992 surfaced online recently.
Meath had been in four of the previous five All...
‘2003 was a brilliant year for Laois but it was a heartbreaking year for...
The 2003 season for the Laois footballers will always be remembered for the Leinster final success but it was a year that had numerous...
County Final Memory: Killeshin deny The Rock to claim intermediate football title in 1993
Killeshin 0-7 The Rock 0-6
1993 Laois IFC Final
Intermediate football in Laois is generally not known for its high scoring and that was certainly the...
Laois GAA unveil details of new Athletic Development Programme to keep players in the...
Laois GAA have unveiled details of a new Athletic Development Programme aimed at football players aged from 18 to 24.
The programme will provide strength...
‘Mars bars’ rather than barbells as Laois success of late 90s ‘cyclical’ rather than...
You'll travel a long way in life before you meet someone who isn't nostalgic in some shape or form.
And when you talk to a...
Three Laois junior football clubs confirm managers for 2021 season
Three Laois junior football clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2021 season.
One of them, Park-Ratheniska, will be hoping that they will be intermediate...
Former Laois minor and U-20 footballer transfers from one side of the county to...
A former Laois minor and U-20 footballer has had his application to transfer from one side of the county to the other accepted.
Rob Tyrrell...
County Final Memory: The Harps defeat Abbeyleix to claim junior football honours in 2000
The Harps 1-5 Abbeyleix 0-4
2000 Laois JFC 'A' Final
The Harps and Abbeyleix have had an on-off relationship with football over the years but in...
WATCH: Brilliant highlight footage of Laois’s win over mighty Meath in ’92
Footage of a brilliant day in the history of Laois GAA from 29 years ago has surfaced online.
In the summer of 1992, the Laois...
Laois U-20 boss Kinsella calls on GAA to ensure championship is included in restructured...
Laois U-20 football manager Eddie Kinsella has called on the GAA to ensure their championship is included in the redrafted fixture plan for 2021.
The...
Laois footballer Begley hoping to finish inter-county career on a positive note
Laois footballer Colm Begley says he would like to finish his inter-county career on a positive note after an injury hit couple of seasons.
A...
Three Laois intermediate clubs reappoint managers for 2021 season
Three Laois intermediate football clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2021 season.
Former Laois manager Sean Dempsey is set to be very busy whenever...
Annanough appoint joint managers as they bid to make immediate return to intermediate ranks
Annanough have appointed Andy Shortall and Donal Miller as joint managers ahead of the 2021 club season when they will be hoping to make...
Former Clare goalkeeper transfers to Killeshin ahead of 2021 season
The Killeshin footballers have been boosted ahead of the 2021 season with the news that a former Clare senior goalkeeper has transferred to the...
Former Laois footballer appointed new trainer of Wicklow GAA club
A former Laois and Stradbally footballer has been appointed as the trainer of a Wicklow club for 2021.
Daragh McEvoy, who lives in Wicklow town...
Introducing the 2020 LaoisToday Senior football Team of the Year
We don't know who the 2020 champions will be - but we have chosen our team of the year from the games that did...
