Tag: 1981
From the Archives – Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday archives in the run up to the 2020 General Election. As this year is the 40th anniversary of...
Laois Hurling Memory: Offaly, the side netting and last-minute winner in...
Offaly 3-20 Laois 6-10
1981 Leinster SHC semi-final
Imagine scoring 6-10 in a Leinster championship semi-final and not winning.
Imagine being a point up with a minute...
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...
Laois Hurling Memory: Offaly, the side netting and last-minute winner in...
Offaly 3-20 Laois 6-10
1981 Leinster SHC semi-final
Imagine scoring 6-10 in a Leinster championship semi-final and not winning.
Imagine being a point up with a minute...
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...
Election Memories: The turbulent 80s but Laois-Offaly resolutely remains Fianna Fáil...
So you think the political landscape is fragile, fractured and fragmented – well you clearly weren’t around in the 1980s.
The 80s, the decade that...
Leinster Final Memory: Rising Offaly get the better of Laois in...
Laois ended a 13-year wait for a Leinster final appearance in 1981 when a fine side under the management of Tom Darcy saw off...