Stradbally GAA is 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 ...

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Stradbally Stradbally () is a town in County Laois, Ireland. Overview It is located in the midlands of Ireland along the N80 road, about from Portlaoise and from Dublin. It is a townland, a civil parish, and historic barony. It is known for its annu ...

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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. The club was founded in 1889 and its colours are green and white. The club grounds are called

Bill Delaney Bill Delaney (11 June 1915 – 2000) was a famous Gaelic footballer from Laois. His death at the age of 85 in July 2000 reminded of a decades-long career in the GAA as a player, referee and administrator. Career From a famous footballing f ...

Park after one of the club's most famous sons. Stradbally GAA Club has won 17

Laois Senior Football Championship The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888. Portarlington won the 2024 title, af ...

titles and numerous other titles at junior, intermediate and underage grades. After 18 years in existence the championship of 1905 was won when the team defeated Raheenabrogue by 1–4 to 0–3 at

Portlaoise Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster. Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest town ...

on 21 January 1906. 2016 Stradbally bet Portlaoise in the county championship final and stopped their 10 in a row with a last minute goal. Sean Delaney, Karl Lenihan,

Tony Maher Tony Maher (born 12 January 1945) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back at senior level for the Cork county team. Maher made his first appearance for the team during the 1968–69 National League and was a regular mem ...

, Colm Kelly,

Damien Delaney Damien Finbarr Delaney (born 20 July 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Delaney began his career at Cork City. He later played for Leicester City, Hull City and Queens Park Rangers before moving to Ipsw ...

Colm Begley Colm Begley (born 31 August 1986) is an Irish Gaelic footballer from County Laois. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Begley w ...

, Greg Ramsbottom, Paul Begley and Gary Kavanagh are among Stradbally's most famous players in recent times.

Achievements

Winners 1905, 1908, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1997, 1998, 2005,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Laois Intermediate Football Championship The Laois Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by mid-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1907. Crettyard are the title holders ...

(1) 1959 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 1: 1999 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (3) 1982, 1983, 2008 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (1) 2000 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (1) 1999 * Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: (1) 2024

Notable players

* Sean Delaney * Karl Lenihan *

* Colm Kelly * Greg Ramsbottom *

* Paul Begley * Gary Kavanagh *Jody Dillon *Eoin Buggie *Tom Shiel, who came off the bench against Clare to kick a point in an All-Ireland Qualifier win when he was 17 years, one of Laois's youngest SFC debutants. *Gary Comerford

References

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