Tag: The Heath

When Paula Neary (nee Fennelly) from Ballydavis near The Heath was in secondary school at the Presentation Convent in Portlaoise, neither honours maths nor...

A group of Laois people came together last week to free a swan that had become distressed in a lake. The incident occurred on Thursday...

There's nothing like a fundraising Tractor Run to bring a rural community together. And so it was on The Heath on Sunday morning as a...

Clonaslee-St Manman's 2-7 The Heath 1-6 Laois U-20 ‘B’ FC Group B Round 2 14-man Clonaslee-St Manman's boosted their Laois U-20 'B' FC semi-final hopes after...

Fethard (Wexford) 2-10 The Heath 0-11 Leinster Club IFC Round 1 Two goals in the last six minutes ended The Heath's hopes of a run in...

The Leinster club championship campaign can open up a whole new sense of adventure for teams - and that's definitely the case for The...

Anyone that drove out around The Heath over the past couple of weeks couldn't but have been struck by the sheer volume of black...

Given that it had been so long since they'd any major championship success of note, it was no surprise that there was a huge...

Sarsfields 4-9 The Heath 1-9 - after extra time Laois Ladies JFC Final Sarsfields' subs changed the game for them and it was those girls who...

The Heath were crowned Laois intermediate football champions last night when they were relatively comfortable 1-13 to 0-8 winners over Arles-Kilcruise. Here we look at...

The Heath 1-13 Arles-Kilcruise 0-8 Laois IFC Final Not since 1993 had The Heath contested a county final but their supporters turned out in big numbers...

The Heath are a proud bastion of Laois football - but they haven't had much to shout about over the past 30 years or...

The schedule of the Laois club football calendar has meant that in recent seasons that intermediate final has been the first county final of...

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...

Arles-Kilcruise and The Heath meet in the Laois intermediate final on Friday night in O'Moore Park at 7.30pm. Ahead of the game, we've compiled some...

The Heath 4-12 Portlaoise 0-2 Laois Ladies Junior Football Championship Semi-Final The Heath secured their place in the final of the Ladies Junior Football Championship with...

Friday night's Laois GAA action saw The Heath beat Mountmellick by 3-14 to 0-8 in O'Moore Park to book their place in the Laois...

The Heath 3-14 Mountmellick 0-8 Laois IFC Semi-final The Heath's 68-year stay in the senior football championship came to an end last season when they were...

St Joseph's 2-16 The Heath 1-10 Laois JFC ‘A’ quarter-final St Joseph's booked their spot in the last four of the Junior Football Championship with a...

Visitors to the Heath couldn’t help but be curious when travelling past the iconic Ballydavis House. The building is just shy of the golf club...

The Intermediate football championship in Laois will come to a conclusion over the next three weeks with the semi-finals down for decision this weekend...

The Heath 0-14 Spink 0-10 Laois JFC 'A' Group B Round 3 The Heath are into the quarter-finals of the Laois JFC ‘A’ following a deserved...

The Heath 3-15 Arles-Kilcruise 0-9 Laois IFC Round 2 - Winner's section The Heath are through to the semi finals of the Laois Intermediate Football Championship...

Portarlington 1-8 The Heath 0-10 Laois JFC 'A' Group B Round 2 Portarlington have enjoyed a tremendous spell of success in recent times, with their Senior...

The Heath 4-18 O'Dempsey's 0-5 Laois Intermediate Football Championship Round 1 The Heath couldn’t have asked for a better start for their first Intermediate Football Championship...

Stradbally 2-14 The Heath 0-10  ACFL Division 1B Winner's Section Round 1 Benny Lawlor was in unstoppable form as Stradbally made a winning start to the...

This Podcast originally appeared on LaoisToday in March 2021.  We’re back with the latest instalment of the LaoisToday Talking Sport Podcast. Host Alan Hartnett is in...

The death has occurred of Theresa Tynan (nee Larkin) from The Heath. Theresa was very well-known in Portlaoise and the surrounding areas where she worked...

Ballyfin Gaels 6-8 The Heath 2-1 Laois U-15 ‘B’ Feile Football Final Ballyfin Gaels claimed the U-15 'B' Feile football title for the second successive season...

The Heath 1-8 Stradbally 3-12  ACFL Division 1B Round 3 Stradbally made it three wins from three games as they ran out 10 point wins over...