Tag: 2001
Remember the Game: 2001 Feile hurling win for Portlaoise
Portlaoise 2-7 The Harps 0-2
2001 Feile Hurling Final
Portlaoise were crowned Laois Feile hurling champions in 2001 when they beat The Harps by 11 points...
County Final Memory: Mountrath beat neighbours Trumera to claim intermediate hurling...
This piece originally appeared in our County Final Memory series on August 20, 2020.
Mountrath 1-12 Trumera 1-9
2001 Laois IHC Final
All across Laois there are...
Moment in Time: Brilliant photos from the Stradbally Steam Rally in...
It's a real Hardy Annual. They come from all over the country for the Stradbally Steam Rally, one of the many local and diverse...
Moment in Time: Scoil Chriost Ri awards in 2001
The school year is coming to an end - which generally means exams, awards and graduations.
And it's been like that forever. Before teenage students...
Moment in Time: Some classic photos from The Rock NS from...
Just over 20 years ago, Liam Ahearne took over as principal of The Rock NS between Mountmellick and Emo.
Then a two-teacher school, it has...
Weekend Read: From mascot to star attraction – Mo Nerney on...
Twenty years after she proved a lucky mascot for Laois in the All-Ireland senior ladies football final, Mo Nerney is again to the forefront...
Moment in Time: Some great photos from Paddock NS in 2001
Look at these little faces from 20 years ago!
There's just something nostalgic about looking at images from the past.
They allow you to remember that...
‘We had great days in the Laois jersey and I loved...
It's hard to believe but it's 20 years ago this year since the Laois ladies footballers won the All Ireland final in thrilling fashion...
Moment in Time: Some classic photos from The Rock NS from...
Just over 20 years ago, Liam Ahearne took over as principal of The Rock NS between Mountmellick and Emo.
Then a two-teacher school, it has...
Moment in Time: Raheen panto goes down a treat in 2001
Generally at this time of the year, there would be a busy schedule of pantomimes and musicals held around the county by various groups.
This...
Moment in Time: Some great photos from Killeen NS in 2001
School days are the best days of our lives, we are constantly told.
And when you look back at photos from various Laois schools from...
Moment in Time: Photos from the Laois Hunt Ball in 2001
Our photographs from Alf Harvey’s archives this week feature the annual Laois Hunt Ball from 2001.
The event is one of most anticipated events on...
Laois ladies football legend Sue Ramsbottom features in brilliant TG4 video...
When you think back to Laois's All Ireland ladies football success in 2001, Mary Kirwan's last-minute winning free stands out - but so too...
County Final Memory: Mountrath beat neighbours Trumera to claim intermediate hurling...
Mountrath 1-12 Trumera 1-9
2001 Laois IHC Final
All across Laois there are different rivalries that come to the fore at different times.
In 2001, Mountrath and...
Moment in Time: Brilliant photos from the Stradbally Steam Rally in...
It's a real Hardy Annual. Or at least it used to be until a global pandemic came along.
The Stradbally Steam Rally should have been...
Moment in Time: A day in school in Camross NS in...
These old school photographs never fail to disappoint.
Alf Harvey’s trip to Camross NS in March 2001 certainly yielded some wonderful images.
Smiling faces, games of...
Moment in Time: Cumann na mBunscol football action from 2001
The Laois Cumann na mBunscol finals in both hurling and football in O'Moore Park over the years have provided more than their fair share...
Sporting Memories: Sue Ramsbottom on All Ireland glory after all the...
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There have been many great Laois ladies footballers over the years but the name of Sue...
Remember the Game: Laois ladies win thrilling All Ireland final in...
It's a game, a day, an occasion that lives long in the memory.
Two years before the Laois men's senior football team claimed the 2003...
Remember the Game: Camross and Clough-Ballacolla do battle in football league...
Camross 1-5 Clough-Ballacolla 1-5
Laois ACFL Division 5 Final 2001
There's nothing like Division 5 of the Laois All County Football League to throw up some...
Remember the Game: Portlaoise defeat Stradbally Parish Gaels in controversial U-21...
Portlaoise 1-11 Stradbally Parish Gaels 1-8
2001 - Laois U-21 FC Final
This week's Remember the Game looks back on the Laois U-21 football county final...
Remember the Game: Portarlington’s last championship win over Portlaoise – way...
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Portarlington and Portlaoise will meet in the Laois SFC semi-final on Sunday afternoon in what is...
Remember the Game: Portlaoise claim U-17 football honours in 2001
There's an amount of GAA competitions that struggle to fit into the calendar year - and the old U-17 championship was one of those...
Cora Staunton remembers 2001 All Ireland final defeat to Laois in...
It's one of the greatest days in Laois's sporting history - the September Sunday in 2001 when the county's ladies football team won the...
Remember the Game: Memorable ladies All Ireland final triumph in 2001
It's a game, a day, an occasion that lives long in the memory.
Two years before the Laois men's senior football team claimed the 2003...
Grace Weston – from teenage All Ireland winner to death’s door...
This afternoon in Westmeath, the Laois ladies football team take on Roscommon for a place in the All Ireland semi-final.
There was a time when...
Remember the Game: Hurling heavyweights battle in 2001 football final
There's nothing like Division 5 of the Laois All County Football League to throw up some random and novel fixtures.
It's not a competition that...
Moment in Time: 16 years since Helen Gee officially launched G’s...
G's Gourmet Jams is one of Laois's real success stories.
Owned by Helen Gee, who makes the jam on her own Abbey Farm near Abbeyleix,...