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Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

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gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...

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Spink, County Laois Spink () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated near the Kilkenny border on the R430 regional road. Spink GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. Residents from Spink are members of the prominent protest grou ...

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. The club colours are green and red and the club is located in the parish of

Ballinakill Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 until ...

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Abbeyleix Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around south of the county town of Portlaoise. Abbeyleix was formerly located on the N8, the main road from Dublin to Cork. At one point, up to 15,000 vehicles passed along the town ...

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272. The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...

road.

Honours

Laois Junior Football Championships The Laois Junior Football Championships are the lower-tier Laois Club Football Championships. The Junior A and Junior B Championships use group phases then down to eight-four-two and the Junior C Championship operates similarly to the Senior Cha ...

(3) 1944, 1987, 2011 * Laois Intermediate Football Championship (1) 1989 *

Laois Junior B Football Championship The Laois Junior Football Championships are the lower-tier Laois Club Football Championships. The Junior A and Junior B Championships use group phases then down to eight-four-two and the Junior C Championship operates similarly to the Senior Cha ...

(2) 1986, 2004 *

Laois All-County Football League The Laois All-County Football League (ACFL) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by Laois GAA clubs. There are seven divisions and teams are promoted and relegated according to their league standing each year. Prior to the incepti ...

Division 2: (2) 1988, 1989 *

Division 4: (1) 1986

Notable players

Spink was represented on the Laois Under 21 football team by goalkeeper John Dunphy in 2010 and 2011.

References

External links

2004 junior title report from Laois Nationalist
Gaelic games clubs in County Laois Gaelic football clubs in County Laois {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub