Laois Senior Football Championship

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Laois Senior Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg2023 Laois Senior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Peil Sinsir Laoise
Founded1888
Title holders Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's (10th title)
Most titles Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise (35 titles)
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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.

Contents

St Joseph's are the title holders (2023) defeating Portlaoise in the Final.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Jack Delaney Cup.

The winners of the Laois Senior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. They often do well outside the county, with the likes of Portlaoise (1971, 1976, 1982, 1987, 2004, 2009) among the clubs from Laois to win at least one Leinster Championship after winning the Laois Senior Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. In 1982–83, Portlaoise became the first club from Laois to win All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after winning the Leinster and Laois Senior Football Championships.

List of finals

(r) = replay

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
1888 Colours of Galway.svg Ballinakill 0-07Knock0-00
1889† Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough†0-03 Colours of Laois.svg Wolfhill0-02
1890 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-03 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-02
1891 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Moyanna0-04 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-02
1892 Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough/ Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 5-05 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-01
1893 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington  ?? Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough  ??
1894No competition
1895No competition
1896 Colours of Laois.svg Wolfhill1-05 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-02
1897† Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough† w/o Colours of Laois.svg Wolfhillscr
1898 [1] Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-04* Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-04
1899 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-04 Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-02
1900No competition
1901 Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-04 Colours of Leitrim.svg Abbeyleix 0-02
1902 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 1-03 Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-03
1903 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix  ?? Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally  ??
1904 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-05 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-04
1905 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-04 Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-03
1906† [2] Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough†0-08, 0-04 (r) (obj) Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-08, 1-03 (r)
1907† Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough† ?? Colours of Mayo.svg Rathdowney  ??
1908 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-13 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-03
1909 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 1-10 Colours of Mayo.svg Rathdowney 1-03
1910 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-13O'Moore's Forest0-04
1911 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-03 Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough 1-02
1912 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-02 (obj) Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-01
1913 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 2-05 Colours of Mayo.svg Rathdowney 1-00
1914 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-06 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-01
1915 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-08 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-00
1916 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan
1917 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-00 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-00
1918 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-04, 1-01 (r) Colours of Kilkenny.svg Moyanna2-01, 0-00 (r)
1919 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 2-02 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-04
1920 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-02. 5-04 (r) Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 0-02, 0-01 (r)
1921 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 3-08 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-03
1922 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 3-02 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 1-02
1923 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 5-03 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 2-00
1924 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 1-02 Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 0-01
1925 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 4-02 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-05
1926 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 1-02 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 0-00
1927 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-05 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-00
1928 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-03 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-01
1929 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-04 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-01
1930 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-05 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 2-03
1931 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-04, 3-07 (r) Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-04, 0-00
1932 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-08 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-03
1933 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 3-02 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-06
1934 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-06 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-02
1935 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 4-01 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 1-05
1936 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-10 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-05
1937 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 3-03 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-02
1938 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 2-06 Colours of Tipperary.svg Abbeyleix 1-02
1939 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-07 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-05
1940 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 5-03 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-03
1941 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-07 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-03
1942 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 2-06 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-02
1943 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-09 Flag of Ukraine.svg Fleming's Fireclay1-03
1944 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-07 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 0-07
1945 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-07 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 3-05
1946 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 4-06 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-04
1947 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-09Eoghan Ruadh [3] 1-03
1948 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 2-03, 1-08 (r) Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-06, 2-03 (r)
1949 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-07 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-03
1950 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-09 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 2-04
1951 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 3-04 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-03
1952 Colours of Limerick.svg Park 0-05 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-03
1953 Colours of Limerick.svg Park 0-06 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-05
1954 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 3-06 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 1-02
1955 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-08 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 0-06
1956 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 0-14 Colours of Limerick.svg Park 0-05
1957 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-08 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-05
1958 [4] Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-08, 1-04 (r) Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-05, 3-07 (r)
1959 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 2-02 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-03
1960 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-09 Colours of Tipperary.svg Annanough 0-00
1961 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 3-06 Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 0-10
1962 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-10 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-03
1963 Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 2-05 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 2-03
1964 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-05 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-07
1965 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-10 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 1-08
1966 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-07, 2-08 (r) Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 0-07, 1-04 (r)
1967 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 4-09 Colours of Cork.svg Emo 1-07
1968 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-10 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 1-05
1969 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 0-12 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-09
1970 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-07 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-09
1971 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-07 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-07
1972 Colours of Cork.svg Emo 2-11 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 3-04
1973 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-07 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 0-07
1974 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 0-08, 0-09 (r) Colours of Cork.svg Emo 0-08, 0-08 (r)
1975 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-12 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-07
1976 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-09, 2-10 (r) Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-06, 0-10 (r)
1977 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-11 Colours of Roscommon.svg O'Dempsey's 1-09
1978 [5] Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 3-09 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 1-05
1979 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-10 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-09
1980 Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 1-05 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-07
1981 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-12 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 2-05
1982 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-13 Colours of Roscommon.svg Annanough 0-04
1983 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-09 Colours of Roscommon.svg O'Dempsey's 1-07
1984 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-09, 2-08 (r) Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-06, 1-05 (r)
1985 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-06 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-07
1986 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-09 Colours of Cork.svg Emo 1-07
1987 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 3-16 Colours of Leitrim.svg Ballylinan 0-05
1988 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-06 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 0-08
1989 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-09, 1-08 (r) Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-09, 1-07 (r)
1990 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-09 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-08
1991 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-07 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-05
1992 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 0-08 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-06
1993 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1-08, 2-17 (r) Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1-08, 2-15 (r)
1994 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-16 Colours of Cork.svg Emo 2-07
1995 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-10 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-07
1996 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-10 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-06
1997 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-10 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-10
1998 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-08 Colours of Down.svg The Rock 0-05
1999 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-13 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-11
2000 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-13 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-08
2001 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 0-08, 2-13 (r) Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-08, 1-08 (r)
2002 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-11 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 1-06
2003 Colours of Galway.svg Arles–Kilcruise 0-08 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-07
2004 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-15 Colours of Cork.svg Emo 0-06
2005 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 1-10 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-09
2006 Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan Gaels0-10 Colours of Sligo.svg Arles–Killeen 0-07
2007 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-14 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 0-07
2008 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-14 Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 1-07
2009 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-09 Colours of Galway.svg Arles–Kilcruise 0-07
2010 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-08 Colours of Galway.svg Arles–Kilcruise 0-08
2011 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-12 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 1-06
2012 [6] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-13 Colours of Galway.svg Arles–Kilcruise 0-09
2013 [7] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-08 Colours of Sligo.svg Arles–Killeen 1-08
2014 [8] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-14 Colours of Sligo.svg Arles–Killeen 0-09
2015 [9] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-15, 2-13 (r) Colours of Cork.svg Emo 2-09, 0-07 (r)
2016 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally 2-10 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 1-12
2017 [10] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 3-13 Colours of Leitrim.svg Ballylinan 0-10
2018 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 2-16 Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 1-13
2019 [11] Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-14 Colours of Limerick.svg Killeshin 2-07
2020 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 1-15 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen 0-07
2021 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 4-09 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-06
2022 [12] Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington 2-13 Colours of Tipperary.svg O'Dempsey's 0-08
2023 Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's 0-07 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise 0-06
Notes

† The 1889, 1897, 1906 and 1907 titles were won under the name Maryborough, now Portlaoise.

Wins listed by club

#ClubWinsYears won
1 Colours of Limerick.svg Portlaoise
35
1889, 1897, 1906, 1907, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Colours of Limerick.svg Stradbally
17
1905, 1908, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016
3 Purple Green White.jpg Portarlington
15
1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2020, 2021, 2022
4 Colours of Mayo.svg Graiguecullen
12
1927, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1965
5 Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath
10
1913, 1918, 1920, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1993
Colours of Roscommon.svg St Joseph's
10
1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2023
6 Colours of Roscommon.svg Abbeyleix
8
1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1916, 1919
Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan 1890, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1992
7 Colours of Roscommon.svg Annanough
5
1924, 1925, 1926, 1951, 1956
8 Colours of Limerick.svg Park
2
1952, 1953
Colours of Roscommon.svg O'Dempsey's 1963, 1980
9 Colours of Galway.svg Ballinakill
1
1888
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Moyanna1891
Colours of Limerick.svg Maryborough/ Colours of Kilkenny.svg The Heath 1892
Colours of Laois.svg Wolfhill 1896
Colours of Leitrim.svg Raheenabrogue 1901
Colours of Cork.svg Timahoe 1969
Colours of Cork.svg Emo 1972
Colours of Galway.svg Arles–Kilcruise 2003
Colours of Dublin.svg Ballyroan Gaels2006

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