Portarlington GAA

Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic football club in Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland.[1]

Portarlington
Cúil an tSúdaire
Founded:1893
County:Laois
Nickname:Port
Colours:Maroon jersey and green sash, white shorts
Grounds:McCann Park
Coordinates:53°08′56.13″N 7°10′45.56″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions		 Laois
champions
Football: - - 15

Portarlington GAA have won 14 Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the most recent of which was in 2021.

Famous past players include Steve Allen, Colm Maher, Jim Mangan, Benny Hunt, Peter Murphy, Dermot Murphy, Seamus Hunt, Tom Smith, Adrian Phelan, David Sweeney, Hugh Emerson, Padraig O'Dwyer, Damien Ryan and Evin Bennett.

Current players of note include Cathal Ryan who played as a defender for the Laois senior team from 2004 until the end of the 2010/2011 season.

Achievements

Notable players

Former players
  • Steve Allen
  • Colm Maher[2][3]
  • Jim Mangan
  • Benny Hunt
  • Seamus Hunt, involved in Laois's first Leinster final appearance for 13 years in 1981[4]
  • Dermot Murphy
  • Brendan McCann[5]
  • Kevin McCann
  • Peter Murphy
  • Tom Smith
  • Adrian Phelan[6]
  • David Sweeney[7]
  • Hugh Emerson[8]
  • Padraig O'Dwyer
  • Damien Ryan
  • Evin Bennett
  • John Bolton[9]

Current Panel
  • Scott Osbourne
  • Cathal Bennett
  • Robert Piggott
  • Alex Mohan
  • Stuart Mulpeter
  • Jason Moore
  • Adam Ryan, Laois senior player[10]
  • Eoin McCann
  • Keith Bracken
  • Ronan Coffey
  • Sean Byrne
  • Rioghan Murphy
  • Jake Foster
  • David Murphy
  • Colm Murphy
  • Jack Whelan
  • Colin Sleven
  • Stephen O'Neill
  • Daragh Galvin
  • Cathal Ryan
  • Jonathan Fullam
  • Jordan Fitzpatrick
  • Mikey Bennett
  • Diarmuid Bennett
  • Padraig Coffey
  • Dean Foster
  • Sean Michael Corcoran
  • Conor McCarthy
  • Sean Mooney
  • Eoin Kennedy
  • Ciaran Ward

Juvenile

Recent years showed an uptake in the amount of involvement shown by the club. With this involvement became great success. In recent years the Under 16 Laois league was won four times in a row with an under 17 and minor championship in 2014 and 2017.

McCann Park

McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club. The Laois senior inter-county team often train here, and it was the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary. The Colm Maher memorial stand which is the main stand in the ground was built in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died on 2 June 1996. The stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated).

References
  1. "Portarlington". Laois GAA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/i-would-love-for-the-young-lads-who-never-knew-colm-maher-to-know-what-this-man-did-he-died-trying-to-save-his-family-40220401.html
  3. O'Connor, Alison (6 June 1996). "Fire claims seventh member of Laois family". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2022. Mr Colm Maher (27) died from she burns suffered as he tried to save his invalid brother Barry from the fire. A Laois county footballer and one of the top forwards in the Portarlington club, he had been due to line out again in a few weeks to play for the club in the senior championship. Instead, he will lie buried alongside the other six members of his family.
  4. Miller, Steven (17 June 2018). "Leinster Final Memory: Rising Offaly get the better of Laois in 1981". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. Miller, Steven (8 October 2022). "Full house in Portarlington as stars turn out for county final preview night". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. "21 of the hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years". 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. "21 of the hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years". 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. "21 of the hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years". 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. "21 of the hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years". 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. Hartnett, Alan (15 March 2018). "Boost for Portarlington as former player Ryan returns". Retrieved 12 November 2022.


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