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Chris Conway
Chris Conway is a Gaelic football coach and player from County Laois. He plays for the Arles-Kilcruise club. He formerly played at centre forward for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946, before departing the inter-county scene after the 2006 season. Conway emerged on to the scene in 1996 as part of the Laois minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title. In 2003 his club Arles-Kilcruise won the Laois Senior Football Championship title under the captaincy of his brother, Paudge. Conway also had a coaching role with Knockbeg College, where he is a schoolteacher, and guided his "alma mater" to a 2005 All-Ireland Senior Colleges title. Conway finished his inter-county career with the Laois football team at the end of the 2007 season. He joined the Laois backroom team as a coach (alongside Brian McDonald (Gaelic footballer), Brian "Beano" McDonald) under the ma ...
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Brian McDonald (Gaelic Footballer)
Brian "Beano" McDonald (born 7 June 1980) is a Gaelic footballer and former player for Laois. He resides in Killeen, County Laois, his club is Arles–Killeen. Known as "Beano", McDonald was one of the top scorers in 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He represented Ireland in the 2003 International Rules Series. He scored both goals and overs to win against Australia but Ireland ultimately lost the Series that year. In 2021 Billy Sheehan chose him as a Laois senior football selector. Career Brian has been a fan and fellow player favourite over the years both on and off the pitch, mentioned time and time again as a player with legendary status. Before reaching the age of 12, McDonald had won 5 county medals, playing for his club St Michael's (Arles–Killeen) and national school St Abban's N. S., following his progression to Knockbeg College his football career equally progressed, playing in both schools, club and county championships. By 17 "Beano" was lining ...
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Gaelic Football Coaches
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, including: ** Primitive Gaelic or Archaic Gaelic, the oldest known form of the Gaelic languages ** Old Gaelic or Old Irish, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Gaelic or Middle Irish, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish Gaelic (), including Classical Gaelic and Early Modern Gaelic, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scots Gaelic spoken in the Canadian Maritime region ** Manx Gaelic ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the history of the Gaels of Ireland * Gaelic literature *Gaelic revival, a movement in the late 20th century to encourage both the use ...
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ...
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The42
''The Journal'' (formerly styled as ''TheJournal.ie'') is an online newspaper in Ireland. It was a mixture of original and aggregated content, before moving to entirely original content. The website was founded in early 2010. It was edited by Jennifer O'Connell from 2010 to 2011, and by Susan Daly between 2011 and August 2019, when Sinead O'Carroll stepped into the role with Daly's promotion to Managing Editor. The publication employs approximately 75 people. Content ''The Journal'' produces 70 original pieces of content per day. The website was originally divided into four components: ''TheJournal.ie'' itself for Irish and international news and opinion; ''Fora'' for business news; ''The42'' (formerly ''TheScore'') for sports news; and ''The Daily Edge'' for entertainment and gossip. ''The Daily Edge'' ceased operations on 29 March 2019 and ''Fora'' on 9 April 2020. Fora was wound down due to a decline in advertising revenue prompting the parent to reduce its costs in the wake ...
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Midlands 103
Midlands 103 (previously known as Midlands Radio 3) is an Irish local independent radio station broadcasting to counties Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath. The station's offices and main broadcast studios are in Tullamore, County Offaly. It also has studios in Athlone Towncentre Shopping Centre, Athlone and the Bridge Shopping Centre, Tullamore, and a studio and office in Harbour Place Shopping Centre, Mullingar, with programmes being broadcast regularly from all of these. Midlands 103 also has two outside broadcast units. As of the end of 2021, Midlands 103 had a weekly reach of 122,000 listeners with 73,000 tuning in daily, according to Joint National Listenership Research survey figures. History The station was established as "Radio 3" in 1990 having operated as an unlicenced broadcaster "Radio West" between 1982 and 1988. In March 2025, Midlands 103 acquired the Wexford-based station South East Radio. Station output The prime-time weekday schedule includes breakfas ...
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Billy Sheehan (Gaelic Footballer)
Billy Sheehan (born 18 December 1981) is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He lined out with two county teams: Kerry and Laois. He was manager of the Laois county team from 2021 until 2023. Schools During his secondary school days in Tralee CBS he won a Frewen Cup title. Club He began his career with the Austin Stacks club in Tralee. He lined out in the 2001 Kerry Senior Football Championship loss to An Ghaeltacht. He would go on to win a Kerry Club Football Championship in 2003 with the Tralee side. While a UCD student, Billy transferred to the Emo club in Laois in 2004. He helped them to a Laois All-County Football League Division 1 title in 2005 before adding a Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 2012. In 2015 he joined Dublin side St Jude's. He was part of the St Jude's team that reached the 2018 Dublin Senior Football Championship final but lost out to Kilmacud Crokes. In 2020 he was again on the move this time linking up with Clare side Cratlo ...
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Knockbeg College
St Mary's Knockbeg College () is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois/Carlow border in Ireland, approximately 3 km from both Carlow town and Graiguecullen, County Laois. A former seminary school for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, it was founded in 1793. Exclusively a boarding school until the 1980s, it now accommodates only day-pupils; the boarding school having closed down in June 2011. Knockbeg College celebrated its bicentenary in 1993. Knockbeg won the All-Ireland College's Senior Football Championship in 2005, under the guidance of former Laois GAA football captain and current teacher, Chris Conway. In 2006, Knockbeg were the victors of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Quiz Championship, bringing All-Ireland success to the college twice in two years, and were crowned All-Ireland German Debating Champions in 2008. History St Mary's Knockbeg College is one of the oldest secondary schools in Ireland, located on the Laois/Car ...
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Laois County Football Team
The Laois county football team ( ) represents County Laois, Laois in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Laois GAA, the County board (Gaelic games), county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League. Laois's home ground is O'Moore Park, Portlaoise. The team's manager is Justin McNulty. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2003 and the National League in 1985–86 National Football League (Ireland), 1986. Laois has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship. History Laois contested the second ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, final in 1889. In 1926, the county won the final of the first National Football League (Ireland), National Football League competition, ...
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Laois Senior Football Championship
The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888. Portarlington won the 2024 title, after defeating Portlaoise in the final. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Jack Delaney Cup. The winners of the Laois Senior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. They often do well outside the county, with the likes of Portlaoise (1971, 1976, 1982, 1987, 2004, 2009) among the clubs from Laois to win at least one Leinster Championship after winning the Laois Senior Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs o ...
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