Tag: County Final Memory

Annanough 2-9 Park 1-4 1978 Laois IFC Final Annanough and Park-Ratheniska have a strong rivalry, one that included senior county final battles in the 1950s and...

Killeshin 0-7 The Rock 0-6 1993 Laois IFC Final Intermediate football in Laois is generally not known for its high scoring and that was certainly the...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The lack of live sporting activity throughout the worst of the lockdown months - and for large chunks of the year - had media...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...