Portarlington GAA

Portarlington

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Founded:	1893
County:	Laois
Nickname:	Port
Colours:	Maroon jersey and green sash, white shorts
Grounds:	McCann Park
Coordinates:	53°08′56″N7°10′46″W / 53.14889°N 7.17944°W / 53.14889; -7.17944
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Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Laois champions Football: - - 17

Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club affiliated predominantly Gaelic football club with underage hurling up till U/17 level. It is based in the town of Portarlington in County Laois, Ireland. ^[1]

Grounds

Portarlington GAA club is based at McCann Park. The club's grounds are named after former member Pat McCann.^{[ citation needed ]} McCann Park was used as the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary.^{[ citation needed ]}

The main stand in the ground was built and named in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died in June 1996.^{[ citation needed ]} This stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated). ^[2]

Hurling

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, Portarlington fields hurling 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. ^[3]

Honours

Senior

• Laois Senior Football Championship (17): 1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001,^{[ citation needed ]} 2020, ^[4] 2021, ^[4] 2022, ^[4] 2024, ^[5] 2025 ^[5]

Intermediate

• Laois Intermediate Football Championship (4): 1945, 1955, 1990, 1991^{[ citation needed ]}

Junior

• Laois Junior A Football Championship (8): 1919, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1954, 1968, 1983
• Laois Junior A Hurling Championship (0): (runners-up in 1937, 1946, 1960)^{[ citation needed ]}

League

• ACFL Div 1 (4): 1988, 1989, 2021, 2023^{[ citation needed ]}
• ACFL Div 3 (2): 1990, 2001^{[ citation needed ]}

U21

• Laois U-21 Football Championship (8): 1971, 1972, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2009, 2018, 2019^{[ citation needed ]}
• Laois U-21 B Football Championship (2): 2002, 2008

Minor

• Laois Minor Football Championship (9): 1966, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2017
• Laois Minor B Football Championship (1): 2007^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable players

• Hugh Emerson ^[6]
• Cathal Ryan

References

1. "Portarlington". Laois GAA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
2. "Port History". homepage.eircom.net. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
3. Hartnett, Alan (4 April 2024). "Approval granted for Portarlington hurlers to play U-20 and adult with Mountmellick". laoistoday.ie. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
4. "Classy Portarlington claim historic three-in-a-row in style". laoistoday.ie. 9 October 2022.
5. Hartnett, Alan (25 October 2025). "Portarlington retain Laois crown in low-scoring replay". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
6. "21 of the hardiest men to have played football in Laois in the last 20 years". laoistoday.ie. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

External links

• Portarlington GAA Official Website
• Portarlington GAA