Portarlington GAA
GAA club in County Laois, Ireland
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Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club affiliated predominantly Gaelic football club with underage hurling up till U/17 level. It is based in the town of Portarlington in County Laois, Ireland. [1]
Grounds
Portarlington GAA club is based at McCann Park. The club's grounds are named after former member Pat McCann.[citation needed] McCann Park was used as the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary.[citation needed]
The main stand in the ground was built and named in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died in June 1996.[citation needed] This stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated).[2]
Hurling
Although Portarlington are a predominantly football club, they have had adult hurling teams in the past and reached finals of the Junior Hurling Championship in 1937, 1946 and 1960.[citation needed] As of the 21st century, Portarlington fields hurling teams up to U17.[citation needed] At adult level, hurlers from Portarlington play with Mountmellick for adult and U20; This arrangement was in place, in April 2024, on the condition that it would change if Portarlington had enough numbers for their own adult team.[3]
Honours
Senior
- Laois Senior Football Championship (17): 1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001,[citation needed] 2020,[4] 2021,[4] 2022,[4] 2024,[5] 2025[5]
Intermediate
- Laois Intermediate Football Championship (4): 1945, 1955, 1990, 1991[citation needed]
Junior
- Laois Junior A Football Championship (8): 1919, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1954, 1968, 1983
- Laois Junior A Hurling Championship (0): (runners-up in 1937, 1946, 1960)[citation needed]
League
- ACFL Div 1 (4): 1988, 1989, 2021, 2023[citation needed]
- ACFL Div 3 (2): 1990, 2001[citation needed]
U21
- Laois U-21 Football Championship (8): 1971, 1972, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2009, 2018, 2019[citation needed]
- Laois U-21 B Football Championship (2): 2002, 2008
Minor
- Laois Minor Football Championship (9): 1966, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2017
- Laois Minor B Football Championship (1): 2007[citation needed]
