Tag: Laois senior footballers
Seven Talking Points as the Laois footballers suffer defeat against Westmeath
The Laois footballers were beaten 1-18 to 0-13 by Westmeath in TEG Cusack Park on Saturday afternoon in Round 6 of the Allianz Football...
Slow start costs Laois as Westmeath defeat them in Mullingar
Westmeath 1-18 Laois 0-13
Allianz National Football League Division 2 Round 6
A slow start cost the Laois footballers dearly in Mullingar as they went down...
Previewing today’s Laois football and minor hurling games
Inter-county action resumes around the country today after a seven month enforced Coronavirus shutdown.
The Laois senior footballers and minor hurlers are both in action...
Laois senior football team named for Westmeath Division 2 clash
Laois GAA have announced the starting team for this weekend's senior football match.
Mike Quirke's Laois senior footballers are away to Westmeath at 2pm on...
Lillis keen to get back on track with Laois after club...
Laois senior football captain Kieran Lillis is looking forward to getting back on to the pitch and says that a promotion push with the...
High praise for county set up as Laois play their part...
Running a senior inter-county panel is a big logistical operation at the best of times but when you add in a global pandemic it...
Laois footballer calls for routine Covid-19 testing of players ahead of...
A Laois footballer has called for the introduction of Covid-19 testing for players ahead of the resumption of inter-county action.
Ballylinan forward Gary Walsh took...
EXPLAINED: Where things stand for the seven remaining Laois inter-county teams
With club activity now suspended until further notice, attention now turns to the only GAA show in town - inter-county.
There are seven Laois teams...
Manager Quirke hoping for ‘fair play’ from clubs as Laois footballers...
Laois senior football manager Mike Quirke is hoping that clubs will cooperate with him as his side recommence training collectively tonight.
Laois were permitted to...
Talking Sport Podcast: Mike Quirke, Eddie Brennan and football championship previews
With the club GAA season heading towards the business end of the championship and the inter-county scene now on the horizon, it's as busy...
Laois GAA consider not playing in remaining National Football League games...
Laois GAA have contacted Croke Park to seek clarification on not fulfilling their remaining Allianz Football League Division 2 games in October in a...
Talking Sport: Niall Corbet on UCD, playing in Europe and his...
Our latest Talking Sport Podcast is here.
Alan Hartnett is back in the presenter’s chair once again after his holidays and he is joined on...
Laois football boss could add to his panel after club championships
Laois senior football boss Mike Quirke says that it may be possible for him to add to his current Laois senior football panel if...
The full schedule of fixtures for the Laois hurlers and footballers...
While plenty of the local attention has been on the return of the club GAA fixtures, there is still a significant season for our...
CONFIRMED: GAA unveil revised inter-county schedule for remainder of 2020
The GAA have published their inter-county schedule for the remainder of the year.
Now, the Laois footballers, Laois hurlers and Laois U-20 hurlers know when...
Laois Football Memory: One that got away in 1999
Dublin 1-11 Laois 0-14
1999 Leinster SFC Semi-final
The phrases “one that got away” and “left it behind them” were coined with games like this in...
Sporting Memories: Padraig Clancy on 2003, how Gaelic football has changed...
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Timahoe footballer Padraig Clancy is next up in our Sporting Memories series.
Clancy made his first championship...
Players won’t be pressurised to play, says Laois football boss Quirke...
Laois football manager Mike Quirke has said that any player that isn't comfortable returning to team sport when the new GAA season resumes won't...
Laois Football Memory: The incredibly dramatic Laois-Offaly football clash in 2003
Laois 1-12 Offaly 1-12
2003 Leinster SFC Quarter-final
The 2003 inter-county football season will never be forgotten in Laois.
A first Leinster title in 57 years, a...
Leinster Final Memory: Another year, another tear as Dubs defeat Laois...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on June 23, 2018, ahead of that year's Leinster senior football final.
In 2007, the Laois senior footballers reached...
Laois footballers in the running to win virtual Twitter All-Ireland
Right about now, we should be coming to the end of 'club month' and GAA attentions would be turning back towards the inter-county game...
Mark Barry on a busy and bitter cold February, Emo Celtic...
O’Dempsey’s and Laois footballer Mark Barry was announced as the worthy recipient of ‘Sports Star of the Month’ award for February yesterday.
Under normal circumstances,...
Footballer Mark Barry named as LaoisToday/Property Partners Buggy Sports Star of...
O'Dempsey's and Laois footballer Mark Barry is the worthy recipient of ‘Sports Star of the Month’ for February.
Under normal circumstances, Mark would've received his...
Was that this year? Seven things that happened in the local...
Live sporting action seems a dim and distant memory at this stage and there is nothing on the horizon for the next couple of...
Laois Football Memory: Looking back on five great wins over Meath
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday ahead of the 2019 Leinster SFC semi-final between Laois and Meath in Croke Park, a game Meath won...
A row in the tunnel, a crazy taxi driver and Laois...
Eamon Sweeney is best known for his weekly column in the sports pages of the Sunday Independent.
A very talented writer, he has a great...
Looking Back: A point that never was from the 1995 Laois-Carlow...
Even with the never-ending sagas of controversies that follow the main GAA events today, the saga that surrounded the unforgettable two-game drama between Laois...
Leinster Final Memory: Longford stun Laois in 1968 decider
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on June 16, 2018, ahead of that year's Leinster football final
Only eight times in the last 50 years...
Leinster Final Memory: Dublin deny Laois in ’85
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on June 18, 2018, ahead of the Leinster final that year.
1985 was a particularly busy time for Laois...
Leinster Final Memory: Rising Offaly get the better of Laois in...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on June 17, 2018, ahead of that year's Leinster football final
Laois ended a 13-year wait for a Leinster...