Camross GAA

Camross

Camros
Founded:	1903
County:	Laois
Colours:	Black and Amber
Grounds:	Derrynaseera/Clonin
Coordinates:	52°59′50″N7°33′42″W / 52.99722°N 7.56167°W / 52.99722; -7.56167
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Laois champions Hurling: - 2 27

Camross GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club based near Coolrain in County Laois, Ireland. As of 2023, the club had won 27 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles and has also won a number of provincial titles in hurling and camogie.

History

Founded in 1903, the club is the most successful hurling club in County Laois, having won 27 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles. ^[1] 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.

Honours

Hurling

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (0): (runner up in 1976–77 championship) ^[2]
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (2): 1976, 1996 ^[3]
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling League (2): 2023, 2025^{[ citation needed ]}
• Laois Senior Hurling Championship (27): 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018, ^[4] 2023 ^[5]
• Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (5): 1939, 1958, 1983, 2000, 2010, 2019 ^[6]
• Laois Junior Hurling Championship (11): 1914, 1921, 1928, 1957, 1964, 1972, 1981, 1988, 2003, 2008, 2014
• Laois Junior B Hurling Championship (5): 1988, 1989, 1994, 2001, 2011^{[ citation needed ]}
• Laois Junior C Hurling Championship (2): 2006, 2016
• Laois Under 21 Hurling Championship (18): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018^{[ citation needed ]}
• Laois Minor Hurling Championship (3): 2005, 2017, 2021^{[ citation needed ]}
• Laois Junior A Football Championship (1): 1980
• Laois Junior B Football Championship (3): 2005, 2016, 2022
• Laois Junior C Football Championship (1): 2014^{[ citation needed ]}

Camogie

• All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie Championship (1): 2025 ^[7]
• Leinster Intermediate Club Camogie Championship (1): 2025 ^[8]
• Laois Club Camogie Championship: 2025^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "County final fever never gets old as Camross show their support once again". laoistoday.ie. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025. Laois's most successful hurling club have won the senior championship on 27 previous occasions
2. "12 Heroic Club Championship Kingpins From So-Called Weaker Counties". balls.ie. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2025. in the All-Ireland series, they [Camross] were halted by celebrated opposition, with Glen Rovers beating them in the 1977 club final
3. "Roll of Honour - AIB Leinster G.A.A. Club Hurling Champions". leinster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
4. "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand . 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
5. "Camross defeat Abbyleix to claim 27th Laois SHC". rte.ie. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
6. "Storming finish from Camross ensures another crown". Laois Nationalist. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
7. "All-Ireland final heartbreak for Ballincollig as Camross take over in second half at Croke Park". The Echo. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
8. "Wild celebrations as Camross crowned Leinster Intermediate Camogie champions". Leinster Express. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.