Chris Conway is a

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coach and player from

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. 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

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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

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title. In 2003 his club Arles-Kilcruise won the

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title under the captaincy of his brother, Paudge. Conway also had a coaching role with

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, 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 "Beano" McDonald) under the management of

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, who was appointed manager in October 2021.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Chris Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Arles-Kilcruise Gaelic footballers Gaelic football coaches Irish schoolteachers Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers