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| Founded: | 1903 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Derrynaseera/Clonin | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°59′50″N7°33′42″W / 52.99722°N 7.56167°W | ||||||||
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Camross GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club based near Coolrain in County Laois, Ireland.
Founded in 1903, the club is the most successful hurling club in County Laois.[ citation needed ] The club's colours are black and amber.[ citation needed ]
In 1957, Camross amalgamated with Killanure – their parish counterparts. In 1957, following the amalgamation, they won the Junior Championship beating St Fintans, Colt. This was followed with an intermediate title in 1958.[ citation needed ]
The Camross club did not win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship until 1959 but since then they have added a record 26 more senior hurling titles to their roll of honour (27 titles in total). They last won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 2023, defeating Abbeyleix St Lazarian's.[ citation needed ]
A previous chairman of the club, Michael Lalor, also held the chair of office of Laois County Council in 2006.[ citation needed ] Lalor and his brother were captains of the 1959 winning team.[ citation needed ] Camross club man Michael Delaney held the full-time position as secretary of the Leinster Council of the GAA for well over a quarter of a century.[ citation needed ]
Camross has also won the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship twice. First they beat James Stephens of Kilkenny in 1976/77 and won against O'Tooles of Dublin in 1996/97. They were beaten in the 1977 club final by Glen Rovers at a game played in Thurles. They defeated Down side Ballycran in the semi-final, Camross lost the 1997 All Ireland semi-final to St. Mary's, Athenry again at Semple Stadium in Thurles.[ citation needed ]
Camross players to have represented Laois at senior hurling over the years have included: Tim and Frank Keenan, P.J Cuddy, Joe Dollard, Martin Cuddy, Zane Keenan, Tim Cuddy, Sean Cuddy, John Carroll, and Joe Doran.[ citation needed ]
Football is very much a secondary sport in the club but Camross have won the Laois Junior A Football Championship in 1980, the Laois Junior "B" Football Championship in 2005, 2016 and 2022 and the Laois Junior "C" Football Championship in 2014.
