Tag: County Final Memory
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...
County Final Memory: Rathdowney-Errill come together and come of age in...
Rathdowney-Errill 1-11 Tinnahinch 1-7
2006 Laois SHC Final
"Rathdowney-Errill are county champions. For the hurling folk and the general population of Rathdowney parish, it's an opening...
County Final Memory: Significant success for Arles as they win intermediate...
Arles 1-12 Courtwood 1-5
1999 Laois IFC Final
The 1990s was both a traumatic time off the field and an eventful time on it for the...
County Final Memory: Trumera defeat Colt to claim intermediate honours in...
Trumera 1-9 Colt 0-7
2004 Laois IHC Final
Whatever it is about the Laois intermediate hurling title, the rule seems to be that you've to lose...
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...
County Final Memory: Park-Ratheniska claim 1994 intermediate hurling honours
Park-Ratheniska 1-4 Ballinakill 0-6
1994 Laois IHC Final
At some stage later this year, a number of Laois clubs will finally get the chance to play...
County Final Memory: Ballyfin see off Ballyroan to claim their first...
Ballyfin 1-9 Ballyroan 0-6
1995 Laois JFC 'A' Final
At some stage in 2021 the Ballyfin footballers will play in the 2020 Laois senior football championship...
County Final Memory: Clough-Ballacolla deny Trumera to claim intermediate hurling glory...
Clough-Ballacolla 1-9 Trumera 0-10
1998 Laois IHC Final
Clough-Ballacolla and Trumera are two hurling clubs that have 2020 county finals to look forward to in 2021.
County...
County Final Memory: Graiguecullen’s last success in 1965
Graiguecullen 1-10 Timahoe 1-8
1965 Laois SFC Final
For a club with such tradition and one that is invariably competing in the latter stages of the...
County Final Memory: Kilcotton get the better of neighbours Borris-in-Ossory in...
Kilcotton 0-17 Borris-in-Ossory 1-8
2002 Laois IHC Final
Kilcotton and Borris-in-Ossory are steeped in Laois hurling history and have a long association both with each other...
County Final Memory: Barrowhouse end years of hurt by claiming intermediate...
Barrowhouse 2-10 St Manman's 1-6
1980 Laois IFC Final
There are few clubs that had to endure as much final heartbreak before finally winning their first...
County Final Memory: Rosenallis beat Mountrath to claim Junior ‘A’ hurling...
Rosenallis 3-15 Mountrath 3-6
1986 Laois JHC ‘A’ Final
The current generation of Rosenallis hurlers and footballers have given their supporters plenty to shout about over...
County Final Memory: The Rock make the breakthrough to senior in...
The Rock 1-13 St Michael’s 1-6
1996 Laois IFC Final
The Rock are one of the smallest clubs in Laois and though they've punched above their...
County Final Memories: Looking back on some famous successes over the...
The lack of live sporting activity throughout the worst of the lockdown months - and for large chunks of the year - had media...
County Final Memory: Walsh inspires Ballinakill as they end years of...
Ballinakill 4-12 Clonaslee 2-8
1995 Laois IHC Final
There are few clubs in Laois that have to beat down the door and endure as much heartbreak...
County Final Memory: When Arles-Killeen got the better of Arles in...
Arles-Killeen 2-6 Arles 0-10
1997 Laois IFC Final
The split in Arles in the early 1990s is one of the biggest ever internal stories in Laois...
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...
County Final Memory: Ballyroan end 42-year wait in 1992 before reaching...
Ballyroan 0-8 St Joseph’s 0-6
1992 Laois SFC Final
Throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s, few Laois football clubs suffered as much heartache as...
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: The Heath get the better of Emo in...
The Heath 0-8 Emo 0-7
1974 Laois SFC Final
"Pure grit is hard to beat," read the opening line of the Nationalist match report in 1974 after...
County Final Memory: Castletown’s breakthrough win in 1995 leads to a...
Castletown 1-12 Portlaoise 0-11
1995 Laois SHC Final
There are some county final wins that are more significant than others.
For Laois hurling, 1995 represented the start...
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...