Tag: Sporting Memories
Sporting Memories: Fergal Byron on Cumann na mBunscol, playing out field...
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in April 2020.
The feature of this week's Sporting Memories interview is former Laois football goalkeeper Fergal Byron from...
Sporting Memories: John O’Sullivan on Castletown, Laois and his favourite moments
This piece originally featured on LaoisToday in April 2020.
The story of Castletown hurling from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s is one of...
Sporting Memories: Leo Turley on O’Dempsey’s, Laois, Eire Og and his...
We return with our Sporting Memories interview series this week where we catch up with Leo Turley, the O'Dempsey's man who played for Laois...
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...
Sporting Memories: Sue Ramsbottom on All Ireland glory after all the...
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There have been many great Laois ladies footballers over the years but the name of Sue...
Sporting Memories: PJ Cuddy on Camross, the 1980s with Laois and...
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While they never quite made the breakthrough, the Laois hurlers of the 1980s were a highly-regarded...
Sporting Memories: John Costello on championship glory with O’Dempsey’s, his Laois...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of O'Dempsey's appearance in the 2018 Laois SFC final
Ahead of the game, we caught up with one...
Sporting Memories: Chris Conway on minor success, 2004 disappointment, highs, lows...
There's not too many Laois footballers with as many hard-luck stories as Chris Conway.
The Arles-Kilcruise man made a huge contribution to the Laois jersey...
Sporting Memories: Willie Hyland on his Laois career, championship success with...
This week's Sporting Memories interview is with former Laois hurler Willie Hyland from Clough-Ballacolla.
Second only to James Young as Laois's highest scorer ever, Hyland...
Sporting Memories: Fergal Byron on Cumann na mBunscol, playing out field...
The feature of this week's Sporting Memories interview is former Laois football goalkeeper Fergal Byron from Courtwood.
Byron, who is now a member of Laois...
Sporting Memories: John O’Sullivan on Castletown, Laois and his favourite moments
The story of Castletown hurling from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s is one of the great Laois sports stories of all time.
Starting...