Tag: County Final Memory
2022 Remember: County Final Memory: Looking back on Clonaslee’s intermediate hurling...
We revisited the famous 1997 Intermediate Hurling final back in September, remembering the clash between two proud Laois teams, Clonaslee and Colt.
Clonaslee 1-14 Colt...
County Final Memory: When Courtwood-Emo won the U-21 championship twice in...
This Friday evening in the Laois GAA Centre of Excellence, Ballyroan-Abbey will put their Laois U-20 football title on the line when they take...
County Final Memory: Stradbally strike late to end 56-year wait in...
Stradbally 2-10 Portlaoise 0-10
1997 Laois SFC Final
For one of the county's most traditional and successful clubs, Stradbally had to endure an almost 60-year wait...
Memories of ’63 as countdown on to dream county final and...
Talk about a dream final pairing.
Portlaoise’s dominance over the past five decades has meant that so many Laois senior football finals have involved The...
County Final Memory: Looking back at Camross’s famine-ending win in 2007
For most clubs, 11 years without a county final success wouldn't really cast them a thought.
In Camross, though, that is an absolute famine.
When they...
County Final Memory: Looking back on Clonaslee’s intermediate hurling triumph in...
Clonaslee 1-14 Colt 1-7
1997 Laois IHC Final
Clonaslee have a proud hurling heritage in Laois, one that includes four senior titles to the club’s name,...
County Final Memory: Magical scenes as The Heath claim senior honours...
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...
County Final Memory: Significant triumph for Spink in 1986
Spink 1-9 Rosenallis 1-8
1986 Laois JFC Final
In the normal scheme of things, a Junior ‘B’ county final ranks well down the pecking order when...
County Final Memory: Colt claim intermediate hurling glory in 2008
This piece originally appeared in our County Final Memory series in June, 2020.
Colt 0-16 Borris-in-Ossory 2-6
2008 Laois IHC Final
The Colt hurlers lost more than...
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...
County Final Memory: ‘None as sweet as this’ as Camross deny...
Camross 1-5 Portlaoise 0-7
1985 Laois SHC Final
There's something about a five-in-a-row in the GAA world that has proven so difficult for so many teams...
County Final Memory: Clonad claim famous success in 1992
Clonad 0-16 Portlaoise 2-7
1992 Laois SHC Final
From 1976 to 1991 only two clubs won the Laois senior hurling championship: Camross and Portlaoise.
In 1992, however,...
County Final Memory: When Ballyroan got the better of Barrowhouse in...
Ballyroan 1-4 Barrowhouse 1-3
1979 Laois IFC Final
This Sunday in O'Moore Park, Ballyroan-Abbey and Barrowhouse will battle it out for the Laois Junior 'A' football...
County Final Memory: When Portlaoise and Portarlington did battle in 1991
Portlaoise 0-7 Portarlington 0-5
1991 Laois SFC Final
Given the size of the two towns and their respective proud histories, Portarlington and Portlaoise have only met...
County Final Memory: Clough-Ballacolla claim intermediate glory in 1991
Clough-Ballacolla 2-11 Ballinakill 2-8
1991 Laois IHC Final
Given that Clough-Ballacolla are trying to write their place into history by claiming the Laois senior hurling title...
County Final Memory: Park-Ratheniska claim junior honours
Park-Ratheniska 1-13 Barrowhouse 0-8
2006 Laois JFC 'A' Final
The Park-Ratheniska footballers go in search of intermediate championship glory this Friday night in O'Moore Park when...
County Final Memory: Mountmellick come of age in 2006 to claim...
Mountmellick 1-12 Annanough 1-6
2006 Laois IFC Final
By the time Mountmellick reached the 2006 intermediate football final, there was a considerable burden on their shoulders.
Not...
County Final Memory: Timahoe get the better of Mountmellick in 2004...
Timahoe 0-10 Mountmellick 0-8
2004 Laois IFC Final
Mountmellick and Timahoe meet in the Laois IFC semi-final this coming Sunday with both clubs trying to make...
County Final Memory: Portlaoise hold off rising St Joseph’s in 1970
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on May 15, 2020, as part of our County Final Memory series.
Portlaoise 1-7 St Joseph's 0-9
1970 Laois SFC...
County Final Memory: Ballyroan end 42-year wait in 1992 before reaching...
Ballyroan-Abbey and St Joseph's meet in Round 2 of the Laois senior football championship next Sunday. Ahead of that game we look back on...
When Portarlington won the Laois senior football championship twice in the...
Sometimes history has a funny way of repeating itself.
The last time the Laois senior football championship wasn't finished in the year it started was...
County Final Memory: Clonaslee claim senior hurling glory in 1975
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in May 2020.
Clonaslee 0-13 Clonad 0-8
1975 Laois SFC Final
It remains the greatest day in Clonaslee hurling...
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...
County Final Memory: Colt get the betters of neighbours Trumera for...
Colt 3-9 Trumera 1-6
1996 Laois JHC ‘A’ final
The 1996 Laois JHC ‘A’ final threw up a novel pairing and a local derby all in...
County Final Memory: Timahoe see off parish rivals for intermediate football...
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...
County Final Memory: Ballypickas claim junior hurling honours in 1994
Ballypickas 1-7 Kyle 0-5
1994 Laois JHC ‘A’ Final
Ballypickas and Kyle are two of the smallest hurling clubs in Laois but they’re two clubs with...
County Final Memory: Annanough return to top tier with intermediate football...
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...
County Final Memory: Killeshin deny The Rock to claim intermediate football...
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...
County Final Memory: ‘None as sweet as this’ as Camross deny...
Camross 1-5 Portlaoise 0-7
1985 Laois SHC Final
There's something about a five-in-a-row in the GAA world that has proven so difficult for so many teams...
County Final Memory: The Harps defeat Abbeyleix to claim junior football...
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...