Tag: Spink
Laois JFC: The Rock see off Spink as semi-final lineup is...
The Rock 1-13 Spink 0-8
Laois JFC Quarter Final
The Rock are safely through to the Laois Shopping Centre JFC ‘A’ semi-finals after they deservedly got...
EirGrid awards over €120,000 to community groups and organisations in Timahoe,...
EirGrid, the national electricity grid operator, has awarded €153,450 to community groups and not-for-profit organisations in Laois and Kilkenny.
Nine of the 14 groups are...
All systems go as Knock Vintage Men’s Shed set to host...
Knock Vintage Men’s Shed will bring the country’s rich agricultural heritage to life when it hosts its annual threshing festival in Spink this weekend.
“The...
Buds and Blossoms: Laois Garden Festival returns, promising a blooming good...
Buds and Blossoms returns on Sunday, June 9th, at Spink Community Field, Abbeyleix, R32 PW80. The festivities will commence at 12 noon and are...
Laois JFC Team of the Year: Annanough lead the way with...
Champions Annanough lead the way on our Laois Junior 'A' football Team of the Year with eight representatives - and a number can feel...
‘You can go for a drink with Francie or you can...
When Michael McEvoy from Spink encouraged Francie Gorman to get involved in the IFA a long number of years ago now, neither man could...
€25,000 allocated for walking tracks around two Laois GAA clubs
Spink GAA and Arles-Kilcruise GAA have been awarded a total of €25,000 under the Healthy Ireland GAA Walking Tracks initiative.
The funding is split with...
Laois JFC: The Harps need extra time to overcome Spink and...
The Harps 2-12 Spink 1-11
Laois JFC Semi Final
Two goals from Pat Daly proved the difference as The Harps battled past Spink this afternoon in...
Laois JFC: Drury and Kehoe to the fore as Spink topple...
Spink 1-9 The Rock 0-9
Laois JFC Quarter Final
Spink are through to the Junior A semi finals following a three point victory over The Rock...
Laois JFC: Five star Spink put Camross to the sword
Spink 5-15 Camross 0-9
Laois JFC Round 3
Four goals from Paul Simms helped Spink to a very impressive victory away to Camross to set up...
Talking Sport Podcast: 10 minutes on Spink
After a couple of disappointing years, Spink appear to be on an upward curve once again.
Their juvenile amalgamation with Crettyard is working well with...
Superb Simms guides Spink to ACFL Division 6 glory
Spink 5-11 O'Dempsey's 3-12
ACFL Division 6 Final
Spink claimed ACFL Division 6 honour's following a five point victory over O'Dempsey's third string in what was...
First club GAA silverware up for grabs as league finals get...
After a hectic couple of months of league action all around the county, the finals all come into view now - with two football...
Laois man enters the running to become next IFA national president
Francie Gorman from Spink is set to contest for the position of IFA national president later this year.
He is the current South Leinster chairman...
Buds & Blossoms – The Laois Garden Festival: Takes place this...
Buds & Blossoms - The Laois Garden Festival: A Spectacular Celebration of Gardening, Nature, Music, and Family Fun.
Buds & Blossoms, the highly anticipated annual...
O’Connor and O’Brien to the fore as Knock get the better...
Knock 9-8 Ballinakill 4-3
Division 3 Hurling Championship
The meeting of Ballinakill and Knock in the Division 3 Cumann na mBunscol hurling final was a real...
Calls for replacement fence at Laois sports ground and drainage works...
They mightn't make them like that any more - but a concrete post and rail fence at the boundary of Spink community sports ground...
‘People are walking out into the dark’ – Call made for...
A Laois County Councillor has called for public lights to be installed outside Headen's public house in Spink.
Cllr John Joe Fennelly said that the...
In Pictures: Rain falls but Spink shines as even Enoch Burke...
The rain poured but those in attendance didn't mind as Spink turned out in force for their annual St Patrick's Day Parade.
Spink may be...
Restored harp with remarkable story takes trad session in Laois by...
A Sebastian & Erard concert harp from the 1800s took centre stage at the monthly trad session at Headen’s pub in Spink last weekend.
The...
Former Laois players and a Kildare county champion among Junior club...
Five Laois Junior 'A' football clubs have confirmed their managers for the 2023 season - and three of them are new.
Emo legend Paul Lawlor...
Spink survive in Junior A as Simms and Dwyer kick them...
Killeshin 0-10 Spink 1-18
Laois Junior “A” Football Championship Relegation Final
Spink guaranteed their place in next year's Junior "A" Football Championship by defeating Killeshin in...
Death occurs of John Miller from Spink, highly-respected in farming, business,...
The death has occurred of John Miller from Spink, a man highly respected in farming, business, community and sporting circles.
He was aged in his...
Reddy leads the way as The Heath book JFC ‘A’ quarter-final...
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...
Death occurs of Mick McDonnell, one of the great Laois dual...
The death has occurred of Laois native Mick McDonnell, a retired Garda sergeant in Cobh in Cork, and remembered as one of the greatest...
Portarlington coast to victory as they put six goals past Spink...
Portarlington 6-10 Spink 1-7
Laois Junior Football Championship Group B Round 1
Portarlington's second team were a different class than their opponents in Spink this morning.
For...
County Final Memory: Significant triumph for Spink in 1986
Spink 1-9 Rosenallis 1-8
1986 Laois JFC Final
In the normal scheme of things, a Junior ‘B’ county final ranks well down the pecking order when...
All systems go for Buds & Blossoms Garden Festival in Spink...
The Spink Community Field is the place to be this Sunday, June 12, as the Laois Garden Festival returns for the first time since...
A blooming great day promised at Laois Garden Festival on Sunday,...
From top gardening speakers and leading plant specialists, to local food producers and an entertainment zone, it can all be found at the Laois...
Six organisations awarded more than €100,000 funding from the Laois-Kilkenny Community...
EirGrid has awarded €103,675 to six community groups and not-for-profit organisations near the Laois-Kilkenny Reinforcement Project.
This is the first of three phases of funding...