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Camross 1985

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...
The Harps team that won the 2000 Laois Junior 'A' football final

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...
Rathdowney-Errill 2006

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...
The Arles team that won the 1999 Laois intermediate football final

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...
Trumera celebrate after winning the 2004 Laois intermediate hurling final

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: 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...
Clough-Ballacolla, Laois IHC winners in 1998

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...
The Ballyroan team that won the 1992 Laois senior football final

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...
St Joseph's 1973

County Final Memory: St Joseph’s come of age as they achieve...

St Joseph's 1-7 Timahoe 0-7 1973 Laois SFC Final If ever there was a success waiting to happen it was the St Joseph's footballers in 1973. Having...

County Final Memory: Emo’s greatest day in 1972

Emo 2-11 Graiguecullen 3-4 1972 Laois SFC Final Emo GAA club have a proud tradition but despite coming close over the years their 1972 Laois senior...
LAOIS IHC FINAL 2008 28

County Final Memory: Colt claim intermediate hurling glory in 2008

Colt 0-16 Borris-in-Ossory 2-6 2008 Laois IHC Final The Colt hurlers lost more than fair share of intermediate finals in the 2000s so when they finally...

County Final Memory: Portlaoise hurlers end famine in 1981

Portlaoise 2-13 Camross 4-5 1981 Laois SHC Final No matter what happened in the 1981 Laois senior hurling final, history was going to be made. Camross, having...

Remember the Game: Ballylinan-Glenmore win minor football honours in 2004

Ballylinan-Glenmore 0-8 Stradbally Parish Gaels 0-6 2004 Laois MFC 'A' Final Ballylinan-Glenmore ground out a two-point win over Stradbally Parish Gaels to claim the 2004 Laois...
Portarlington 1988

County Final Memory: Portarlington end their famine in 1988

Portarlington 0-6 Timahoe 0-5 1988 Laois SFC Final Portlaoise's dominance of the Laois club football scene in the 1980s saw them win six titles in seven...

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...

Remember the Game: Crettyard claim intermediate football honours in 2005

Crettyard 1-12 Courtwood 1-10 2005 Laois IFC Final Our focus in this week's Remember the Game is the 2005 intermediate football final, where Crettyard edged out...

County Final Memory: Portlaoise hold off rising St Joseph’s in 1970

Portlaoise 1-7 St Joseph's 0-9 1970 Laois SFC Final Portlaoise have had some great football teams over the years - and the side they had in...