Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
club in
Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around south of the county town of Portlaoise. Abbelyleix is in a civil parish of the same name.
Abbeyleix was formerly located on the N8, the main road from Dublin to Cork. At one p ...
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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. Hist ...
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Ireland
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. The club grounds are called Fr Breen Park and the club colours are Primrose and Blue.
History
The club plays at senior level in
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 goa ...
and has also won eight
Laois Senior Football Championship titles, last of which came in 1919.
Hurling is the main game in the club and Abbeyleix holds 8
Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, the last of which came in 1949.
In 2006, a number of Abbeyleix players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the
Laois Senior Football Championship. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and
Ballyroan.
Abbeyleix won the 2007
Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship and returned to the senior grade in 2008.
Achievements
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Laois Senior Hurling Championships (8) 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
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Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2022
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Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2007
Notable players
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Patrick Lalor
*Eugene Fennelly, hurled for Laois
References
External links
Official Abbeyleix GAA Club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Laois
Hurling clubs in County Laois
Gaelic football clubs in County Laois
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