Mountmellick GAA
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| Founded: | 1900 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Valley[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Colours: |  Blue and white | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Acragar | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°06′59″N 7°19′27″W / 53.116284°N 7.324104°W | ||||||||
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Mountmellick GAA (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Móinteach Milic) is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football and Hurling club in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland. It fields teams in both football and hurling from juvenile up to adult.
At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Mountmellick field football teams at Intermediate and Junior B and Hurling Teams at Premier Intermediate and Junior C.[citation needed] Mountmellick is the only hurling club in the Mountmellick parish.[citation needed]
The club's first Laois Intermediate Football Championship (IFC) title was won in 1968.[1] In 2006, Mountmellick beat Annanough GAA to win the Laois IFC for the second time, after 38 years.[2] They were relegated from the Senior Football Championship in 2017 and have competed in the Intermediate Football Championship since 2018.[3]
Mountmellick has won the Laois Junior Football Championship five times,[4] and the Laois Minor Football Championship twice, in 1975 and 1977.[5]
Mountmellick has also won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on two occasions.[6]
The club's first Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (IHC) title was won in 1967. In 2024, Mountmellick beat Abbeyleix to win the Laois IHC for the second time, after 57 years.[7]
With five wins in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship.[8] Mountmellick are the only Laois club to have won both Junior titles in the one year (1941).[9] They came close to winning both Intermediate titles in one year (1967), winning the hurling and losing the football to Arles in a replay.[10]
In 2019 Mountmellick reached the Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi-Final after winning the Junior B(2017) and Junior A(2018) in the last two years, they were defeated by Borris-in-Ossory Kilcotton after playing the second half with 14 men and missing a penalty.
In football they reached finals (2021, 2022), losing to Park–Ratheniska GAA.[11][12]
In 2022 they lost the intermediate hurling final to Clough–Ballacolla GAA.[13]
Juvenile setup
Championship honours
Football
| Competition | Years won | |
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| Laois Intermediate Football Championship | 1968, 2006 | |
| Laois Junior Football Championships | 1921, 1929, 1941, 1966, 1972 | |
| Laois Junior B Football Championship | 1973, 2006 | |
| Laois Under-21 Football Championship | 1996, 2012*, 2014* | * Denotes as part of Sarsfields or Sarsfields Gaels (Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Kilcavan) |
| Laois Under-21 B Football Championship | 2003 | |
| Laois Under-20 B Football
Championship |
*2023[15] | *Denotes as part of Mountmellick Parish Gaels(Mountmellick, The Rock, Kilcavan) |
| Laois Minor Football Championship | 1975, 1977 |
Hurling
| Competition | Years won | |
|---|---|---|
| Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship | 1967, 2024 | |
| Laois Junior Hurling Championship | 1930, 1935, 1941, 1961, 2001, 2018 | |
| Laois Junior B Hurling Championship | 1998, 2012, 2017 | |
| Laois Junior C Hurling Championship | 2017 | |
| Under-21 A Hurling Championship | 1991, 1992 | |
| Laois Minor Hurling Championship | 1966, 2014* | *part of na fianna (Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Clonaslee) |
| Laois Minor B Hurling Championship | 1991, *2021[17] | *part of na fianna(Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Clonaslee) |