Tag: Ballyroan

This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in March 2020. One of the most popular Laois songs is The Skies O'er Ballyroan.  Written nearly 150 years ago,...

Barry Walsh may have been an outgoing councillor - but he hadn't been elected in his own right before. The Ballyroan man was co-opted to...

The old Chinese proverb, 'May you live in interesting times', is particularly apt for Charlie McDonald, the Ballyroan man who represented the people of...

Barry Walsh is an outgoing councillor in the Portlaoise Municipal District having replaced Mary Sweeney when she stepped down - but fights this election...

Ballyroan 6-11 Clonaslee 5-9 Division 3 Hurling Championship  Ballyroan have left O'Moore Park as the Division 3 hurling champions, as the curtain comes down on the...

Almost €1 million in Government funding has been allocated for community projects in three Laois areas. €500,000 has been awarded to Ballyroan for the redevelopment...

The January meeting of Laois County Council saw the sale of eleven Council sites across the county, delivered under Section 183 of the Local...

A disused old primary school building in the heart of a Laois village is set to undergo a huge transformation into a community space...

As our thoughts are firmly fixed towards Christmas, our Moment in Time looks back to a festive event in Ballyroan. In an era long before...

Ballyroan 5-5 Ballyfin 3-8 Division 2 Boys Championship  Ballyroan came from nine points down to defeat Ballyfin in a thrilling Boys Division 2 championship final encounter. Ballyfin...

Residents, workers and those who simply like to visit the village of Ballyroan are being asked for their views on the future. The Ballyroan Community...

Portlaoise 3-13 Ballyroan 0-8 Laois Ladies SFC Round 2 Gráinne Moran, Sarah Ann Fitzgerald, Ashling Kehoe and Fiona Dooley were the stand-out performers as Portlaoise went...

Ballyroan 6-8 Mountrath 4-4  Division 4 Boys Hurling Championship Liam O'Donnell and Jerry O'Connell were unstoppable as Ballyroan defeated Mountrath to claim Division 4 glory. The midfield...

Eighteen acres of agricultural land at Cashel, Ballyroan, sold for for €325,000, or €18,055 per acre, at an online auction on Friday afternoon. Hennessy Auctioneers...

St Stephen's Day is a great day to get out and about to a local event - and in Ballyroan this year, the Tom...

Legendary Laois athlete Martin McDonald is set to be honoured by Laois County Council for his recent success in the world masters mountain running...

Garda Brendan Crawford from Ballyroan was honoured at the National Bravery Awards on Friday for his role in rescuing a woman from a river...

She is studying the male dominated area of electronic engineering at Maynooth University and she has taken part in a range of sports over...

The Heath 2-17 Ballyroan 2-15 (after extra time) 1993 Laois SFC Final In the history of Laois county football finals, the 1993 edition surely has to...

St Conleth's 4-12 Ballyroan 2-2 Ladies Senior Football Championship Semi-Final St Conleth's quest for back to back Ladies titles continued as they defeated Ballyroan in the...

Ballyroan 3-12 Sarsfields 4-5 Laois Ladies SFC Group A Round 3 Ballyroan are through to their first ever semi-final in the Laois Senior Ladies Championship after...

A public meeting about the future of Ballyroan has been rescheduled following a bereavement. The meeting was supposed to be held last night but will...

Ballyfin 8-6 Ballyroan 4-8 Division 4A Hurling Shield  Ben Heffernan, Conor Sweeney and Eoin O'Loughlin were to the fore as Ballyfin saw off the challenge of...

Laois County Council may be unable to address flooding in Ballyroan as the stretches of river in question are believed to be the responsibility...

2021 was an exceptional year for football in Ballyroan. Indeed they had a day of days in November when the men's side Ballyroan-Abbey won the...

Ballyroan native Barry Walsh looks set to be co-opted to the Laois County Council seat left vacant following the retirement of long-serving councillor Mary...

Fine Gael members in the Portlaoise Municipal District will decide at an online convention early next month who will fill the Laois County Council...

The Annual Ballyroan-Abbey GAA 5km race took place on St Stephen’s Day in ideal weather conditions with over 50 people taking part. Naas AC's Joe...

Heartfelt tributes were paid at Laois County Hall today, as Mary Sweeney retired from her role as a county councillor with the Portlaoise Municipal...

Ballyfin 2-12 Tinahely 1-5 (AET) Leinster Ladies Club JFC Quarter-final Ballyfin Ladies kept their remarkable 2021 season going as they came through extra time to see...