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Laois Feile
The **Laois Féile** is an annual competition held in County Laois, Ireland. The winners of the hurling competition qualify for the national Féile na nGael tournament, while the winners of the football competition qualify for Féile Peil na nÓg. 2011, 2012, and 2013 Portlaoise won both the football and hurling county finals in 2011, defeating Naomh Eamonn in the hurling final and Mountmellick/Ballyfin in the football final. They repeated their success in the hurling competition the following year, winning Division 2 of the national tournament. In 2013, St Paul's won their first county title in football, defeating Ballylinan/ Glenmore in a one-sided final. They became the first team from Laois to represent the county in Division 1 of the national Féile competition. Camross Camross GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club based near Coolrain in County Laois, Ireland. History Founded in 1903, the club is the most successful hurling club in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Laois
County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix. Laois County Council is the local authority for the county, and is based in Portlaoise. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 91,657, an increase of 56% since the 2002 census. History Prehistoric The first people in Laois were bands of hunters and gatherers who passed through the county about 8,500 years ago. They hunted in the forests that covered Laois and fished in its rivers, gathering nuts and berries to supplement their diets. Next came Ireland's first farmers. These people of the Neolithic period (4000 to 2500 BC) cleared forests and planted crops. Their burial mounds remain in Clonaslee and Cuffsborough. Starting around 2500 BC, the people of the Bronze Age lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much glossary of Gaelic games terms, terminology. The same game played by women is called camogie ('), which shares a common Gaelic root. The objective of the game is for players to use an Fraxinus excelsior, ash wood stick called a hurl or Hurley (stick), hurley (in Irish a ', pronounced or in English) to hit a small ball called a ' (pronounced in English) between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a gaelic football and Hurling positions#Goalkeeper, goalkeeper for three points. The ' can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps, struck in the air or struck on the ground with the hurley. It can be kicked, or slapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féile Na NGael
Féile na nGael (; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, provide educational opportunities and unearth new leaders. The competition hosts approximately 25,000 boys and girls each year with all 32 of Ireland's Gaelic games counties represented along with teams from London, Lancashire, Warwickshire, New York, Australasia and county Europe. Féile na nGael states that its primary objective is to facilitate and enable personal, social and cultural development amongst young people with emphasis on cultural and community activities, leadership and training through sport. Féile na nGael was first held in 1971 and was hosted by Tipperary. Since then it has been held annually in late June in different counties. Féile na nGael in 2011 was hosted by Galway. Participation in Féile na nGael is by invitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or palming the ball into the other team's Goal (sport), goal (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goal and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar, signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. Two points are awarded if the ball is kicked over the crossbar from a 40 metre range marked by a D-shaped arc, signalled by the umpire raising an orange flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portlaoise GAA
Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Portlaoise, the county town of County Laois, Laois in Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club has won several Laois Senior Football Championship, Laois Senior Football, Laois Senior Hurling Championship, Laois Senior Hurling and Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championships. The club won the 1982-93 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The club has its grounds at Rathleague townland, to the southeast of Portlaoise town. History Founding Portlaoise GAA club was founded in the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The inaugural meeting of the club took place in Portlaoise's town hall on Monday 28 November 1887. It was a public meeting called by placard and there was a big attendance. Amongst those present were Dr. Higgins, coroner for the Queen's County (Laois), who presided, N. Walsh, C.T.C., P.A. Meehan, T.C., C. McDermott, T.C., P. Kelly, T.C., T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountmellick GAA
Mountmellick GAA (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Luthchleas Gael Móinteach Milic'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football and Hurling club in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Republic of Ireland, 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 Laois Intermediate Football Championship, Intermediate and Laois Junior Football Championships, Junior B and Hurling Teams at Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship, Premier Intermediate and Laois Junior Hurling Championship, Junior C. Mountmellick is the only hurling club in the Mountmellick (parish), Mountmellick parish. History The club's first Laois Intermediate Football Championship (IFC) title was won in 1968. In 2006, Mountmellick beat Annanough GAA to win the Laois IFC for the second time, after 38 years. They were relegated from the Laois Senior Football Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
