Laois hurling and camogie clubs raise more than €10,000 for three charities with weekend...
Members of Clough-Ballacolla GAA and camogie clubs ran, walked, cycled and shaved their heads in a series of novel challenges over the weekend to...
County Final Memory: Clonad claim title number 13 in 1970
Clonad 2-9 Clonaslee 3-3
1970 Laois SHC Final
Coming into the 1970 season, the Clonad hurlers sat second in the Laois SHC roll of honour.
But over...
Laois Hurling Memory: The battle of Birr, a last-minute winner and relegating Offaly
Laois 2-13 Offaly 2-12
2004 National Hurling League
Big Laois hurling wins over Offaly have unfortunately been few and far between over the years.
But there have...
10 Talking Points from the Laois hurlers magical win over Dublin last summer
There may be no GAA action going on at the moment - but there is always plenty to look back at.
The Sunday Game are...
Laois GAA star Cahir Healy completes novel marathon and scores 2,000 points in a...
Laois GAA star Cahir Healy has completed a novel and gruelling challenge in a park in London today - scoring 2,000 points and running...
How it came about that a Laois hurler was crowned the All Ireland FIFA...
There have been many mad moments throughout this lockdown - but a Laois hurler winning an online FIFA tournament on the PlayStation has to...
Matthew Whelan with high praise for ‘outstanding trainer’ Brother Philip Ryan
Matthew Whelan is the longest-serving Laois hurler still involved and has made more appearances for Laois than anyone in history.
Over a long career with...
Willie Hyland, Zane Keenan or James Young – we set two Laois hurlers our...
Willie Hyland, Zane Keenan and James Young - how could you pick one between the three of these Laois hurling greats?
Well those are the...
Sporting Memories: PJ Cuddy on Camross, the 1980s with Laois and his views on...
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While they never quite made the breakthrough, the Laois hurlers of the 1980s were a highly-regarded...
From not making the Laois panel to playing with Leinster and the All Stars...
One of the most fondly-remembered players of the fine Laois hurling team of the 1980s is PJ Cuddy, the big full-forward from Camross, who...
Laois Hurling Memory: Limerick on the ropes – one that got away in 2009
Laois 1-14 Limerick 0-20
All-Ireland SHC Qualifiers Phase 3
There have been numerous hard luck stories for the Laois hurlers over the years across different generations.
In...
County Final Memory: Clonaslee claim senior hurling glory in 1975
Clonaslee 0-13 Clonad 0-8
1975 Laois SFC Final
It remains the greatest day in Clonaslee hurling history.
In late October 1975, Clonaslee won the Laois SHC title...
Laois GAA chairman calls for minor and U-20 grades to be looked at for...
Laois GAA chairman Peter O'Neill has called for both the U-21 grade to be used again in 2021 if this season's U-20 inter-county hurling...
Laois Hurling Memory: Leinster U-21 final appearance in 2012
Championship final appearances have been few and far between for Laois hurling teams over the years but as the Laois seniors prepare for Sunday's...
Was that this year? Seven things that happened in the local sporting world in...
Live sporting action seems a dim and distant memory at this stage and there is nothing on the horizon for the next couple of...
Sporting Memories: Willie Hyland on his Laois career, championship success with Clough-Ballacolla and what...
This week's Sporting Memories interview is with former Laois hurler Willie Hyland from Clough-Ballacolla.
Second only to James Young as Laois's highest scorer ever, Hyland...
Laois Hurling Memory: Offaly, the side netting and last-minute winner in 1981
Offaly 3-20 Laois 6-10
1981 Leinster SHC semi-final
Imagine scoring 6-10 in a Leinster championship semi-final and not winning.
Imagine being a point up with a minute...
Rathdowney-Errill predicted to win Laois senior hurling championship on Instagram polls
Whether the 2020 Laois senior hurling championship will ever take place is anyone's guess.
And in the absence of games, we asked our Instagram following...
Sporting Memories: John O’Sullivan on Castletown, Laois and his favourite moments
The story of Castletown hurling from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s is one of the great Laois sports stories of all time.
Starting...
Why there just has to be a Laochra Gael on Laois legend Pat Critchley
Laochra Gael on TG4 is arguably the best and most enduring Irish sports documentary ever made.
Now in its 18th series, it's hard to believe...
When the Laois hurlers beat All Ireland finalists Cork in the league in Borris-in-Ossory
In January, ahead of the Walsh Cup clash between Laois and Westmeath in Borris-in-Ossory, we looked back on the famous league win that Laois...
Sunday’s Laois GAA results with wins for Laois ladies, Mountmellick and Park-Ratheniska
The Laois GAA season is slowly beginning to get going and there was a handful of games down for decision today.
There was mixed results...
New faces to the fore as Laois senior hurling clubs confirm managers ahead of...
Six of the eight Laois senior hurling clubs will have new managers in place for the 2020 season.
Abbeyleix, Borris-Kilcotton, Camross, Clough-Ballacolla, Ballinakill and Rosenallis...
Goals key as Kilkenny see off battling Laois as league campaign ends
Laois 1-19 Kilkenny 3-22
Allianz Hurling League Division 1B Round 5
There was little to play for in Nowlan Park this afternoon as the Laois hurlers...
Busy Sunday for Laois GAA teams as Storm Jorge passes on
Storm Jorge has come and (almost) gone, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake across the country.
The sporting fixtures have unsurprisingly been hit...
Remembering the day the Laois hurlers beat Kilkenny in the league quarter-final
Laois dressing rooms after games with Kilkenny haven't been the most joyous of places over the years, but the tide changed as Laois recorded...
Laois senior hurling team named for trip to Kilkenny
The Laois hurling team to play Kilkenny shows three changes from the side that beat Carlow to preserve their Division 1 status last weekend.
After...
WATCH: Laois hurler plays in his bare feet in colleges competition
They're a hardy breed in Wolfhill and Jim Leech showed that this week when he played a game of hurling in his bare feet...
Draws made for 2020 Laois hurling championships
Defending Laois SHC champions Rathdowney-Errill have been drawn with neighbours Clough-Ballacolla, Abbeyleix and Castletown in the 2020 Laois SHC.
The draws were made tonight in...
Laois v Kilkenny National League game switched to UMPC Nowlan Park
The Laois hurlers have forfeited home advantage for their final league game against Kilkenny on Sunday.
Eddie Brennan's charges had been due to face The...
