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Raheenabrogue GAA was a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club near Abbeyleix in County Laois, Ireland.
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language.
Gaelic football, commonly referred to as football or Gaelic, is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) above the ground.
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the county town of Portlaoise.
The club was located in the catchment area of the current Ballyroan Abbey club.
Ballyroan Abbey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.
Raheenabrogue won the Laois Senior Football Championship in 1901 and also reached the final of the championship in 1902, 1905, 1906 and 1924.
The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Laois GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Laois. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
In 1906, Raheenabrogue actually won the county final in a replay by 1-3 to 0-4 against Maryborough but lost what would have been their second title on an objection. [1]
Portlaoise GAA is a hurling and Gaelic football club in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.
According to the Laois GAA website "In the 1906 football final Raheenabrogue beat Maryborough 1-3 to 0-4 after a replay. Following an objection Maryborough was awarded the title. Raheenabrogue are listed in the records as champions but the evidence suggests that Maryborough are entitled to the honour. No Leinster Council minutes survive to confirm or deny an appeal against the County Board."
It is not known with any certainty when the club ceased to exist but in 1930, the club did not affiliate any team for the Laois championships.
