Guy Lindsay McKenna is a retired Australian rules football player and the former senior coach of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). McKenna played 267 games for the West Coast Eagles, including the 1992 and 1994 premiership wins. He captained the club between 1999 and 2000 AFL season.
Michael O'Dwyer is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager and former player. He most famously managed the Kerry senior team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won. O'Dwyer is regarded as the greatest manager in the history of the game. He is one of only three men to manage five different counties.
Courtwood GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club, located in the north east corner of County Laois in Ireland. The club is located in the eastern half of Emo parish with a small catchment area south of the village of Ballybrittas and mainly covered by the local school Rath NS.
O'Dempseys Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Gaelic football club in Killenard, County Laois, Ireland.
Emo GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in Emo, County Laois, Ireland.
The Heath GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football and Rounders club in County Laois, Ireland.
Clonad GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland which fields teams from Under-10 right up to adult level. While Clonad GAA club has successfully fielded underage and adult Gaelic football teams in the past, football is not played in the club at present. These days, club members interested in football usually play with the neighbouring football clubs at The Heath and Ballyroan.
Colm Begley is an Irish Gaelic football player. He has also played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League (AFL). Colm played a crucial part in Stradbally's Laois championship title win stopping Portlaoise going for their 10 in a row title when a Jody Dillon last minute goal beat Graham Brody who could only watch with disbelief.
Timahoe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in the village of Timahoe, County Laois, Ireland.
Mick Aherne was a Gaelic football and hurling player from County Laois in Ireland.
David O'Callaghan is an Irish hurler who plays at right corner forward on the Dublin county team. He is a former dual player having represented the Dublin county football team between 2003 and 2007. O'Callaghan currently plays his club hurling for his home club St Marks.
Colm "Wooly" Parkinson is a retired Irish Gaelic footballer, and journalist.
Christopher "Christy" O'Brien is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Laois senior team.
Billy Sheehan is a Gaelic football player from Ireland.
Leo Turley is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois.
Kevin McCloy is a dual player of Gaelic games who plays Gaelic football for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a National League title. He also won an All Star for his performances in the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
John O'Loughlin is a Gaelic footballer and hurler from County Laois.
Justin McNulty MLA is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, a former Gaelic football manager, and a former player for Armagh. He has sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2016 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh.
Paddy O'Rourke is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for his club Skryne and, formerly, the Meath county team. O'Rourke is the nephew of former Skryne and Meath player Colm and first cousin of current Meath player Shane.
Paudie Butler is an Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer who was a dual player for the Tipperary senior teams.
