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All Ireland | Leinster champions | Laois champions | |
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Football: | - | - | 16 |
Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated predominantly Gaelic football club with underage hurling up till U/17 level.
The club is based in the town of Portarlington in County Laois, Republic of Ireland. [1]
McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club, it is named after club member Pat McCann.[ citation needed ]
The Colm Maher memorial stand, which is the main stand in the ground, was built in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died in June 1996.[ citation needed ]
The stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated). [2]
McCann Park was used as the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary.[ citation needed ]
Although Portarlington are a predominantly football club, they have had adult hurling teams in the past and reached finals of the Junior Hurling Championship in 1937, 1946 and 1960.[ citation needed ] As of the 21st century, hurling has started up again in Portarlington at underage fielding teams up to U17.[ citation needed ]
At adult level, hurlers from Portarlington play with Mountmellick for adult and U20; This arrangement was in place, in April 2024, on the condition that it would change if Portarlington had enough numbers for their own adult team. [4]