Tag: Laois Football Memory

A relatively new competition but it’s an age-old rivalry. The Laois and Carlow footballers meet this afternoon in the opening round of the Tailteann...

Laois adult teams winning finals have been few and far between over the years though some stand out more than others, naturally enough.  The 2003...

The Laois footballers make the trip to Wicklow this Saturday for their latest pre-season outing. In the overall context of crammed inter-county season, it's as...

Laois 0-17 Sligo 0-5 1993 All Ireland 'B' Football Final The idea of a second tier intercounty Gaelic football championship isn't necessarily a new thing. The Tailteann...

The Laois footballers take on Fermanagh in Brewster Park in Enniskillen in the Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final tomorrow evening. The counties have come across each...

Laois 2-10 Kerry 2-9 2003 Division 1 Ladies NFL Final While the success of the Laois ladies football team in winning the All Ireland senior final...

Laois football teams have gone overseas on a handful of occasions in the county's history. In 1938 a group went by ship and played a...

Ahead of a 25-year reunion of the All Ireland-winning Laois minor footballers in October, we looked back at their glorious 1997 success.  This evening in...

With the club championship finals were on the tip of everyone's tongue back in February, Laois Today took a fond look back at Portlaoise's...

This evening in Portlaoise, a group of lads in their early 40s will gather to drink a few pints, share a few memories and...

Laois 2-13 Wicklow 0-13 2018 Leinster Ladies IFC Final It's only four years ago but so much has changed in the time since. On the 1st of...

Laois 3-9 Kildare 0-13 1996 Leinster SFC Quarter-final When Laois GAA people look back on old Laois-Kildare games, the 2003 Leinster football final stands out like...

Laois 0-15 Wicklow 0-13 2008 Leinster SFC Quarter-final When you think of Laois-Wicklow football games, there's invariably only fixture that comes to mind. Aughrim, 1986. It's a...

This piece was originally published on LaoisToday before the All Ireland Qualifier game between Laois and Monaghan in 2018.  For a generation of Laois GAA...

Today is the biggest day in the GAA's club championship calendar when the All Ireland senior finals take place in Croke Park. Ballyhale Shamrocks of...

Laois 0-17 Westmeath 0-12 2005 O'Byrne Cup Final On the last Sunday in January in 2005, over 10,000 supporters packed into Cusack Park in Mullingar for the...

With the Laois footballers taking on Westmeath in the Leinster championship this weekend, we look back on the famous 2004 Leinster final between the...

Laois 3-9 Kildare 0-13 1996 Leinster SFC Quarter-final When Laois GAA people look back on old Laois-Kildare games, the 2003 Leinster football final stands out like...

This piece originally featured on LaoisToday on All Ireland final Sunday in 2018, as Tyrone faced up to Dublin in Croke Park, 20 years...

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...

Laois 2-12 Monaghan 0-12 All-Ireland Qualifiers Round 2 2012 Laois and Monaghan have only met twice in championship football - with the win over the Farney...

At the time Meath were the bluebloods of Gaelic football; they were revered, feared and respected and had not only scaled the peak once...

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...

This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday ahead of the 2019 All Ireland SFC Qualifier between Laois and Cork in Thurles. It'll be the first time...