Mick Aherne was a

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 ...

and

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 ...

player from

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. He played for many years on the

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 ...

senior football and hurling teams in the defence. In 1986, he starred on the Laois senior football team that won the county's second

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title A native of Ballacolla, Mick played his club hurling with Ballacolla and his club football with the O'Dempsey's club with whom he played a leading role in 1980 when the club won its second Laois Senior Football Championship title.

References

* Comhairle Laighean 1900-2000 Tom Ryall, 2000 * Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Raymond Smith, 1999 * Laois GAA Yearbook 1999 Leinster Express, 1999 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Dual players Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers Laois inter-county hurlers Clough-Ballacolla hurlers O'Dempseys Gaelic footballers {{Laois-hurling-bio-stub