St Joseph's GAA (Laois)

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St Josephs GAA
Naomh Seosamh
Founded:1954
County: Laois
Nickname:The Saints
Colours:Yellow and blue
Grounds:Tony Byrne Park, Kellyville
Coordinates: 52°59′21.49″N7°05′23.15″W / 52.9893028°N 7.0897639°W / 52.9893028; -7.0897639
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St Joseph's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in south eastern County Laois, Ireland. It won ten Laois Senior Football Championship titles between 1973 and 2023. The club colours are yellow with blue trim and the main club grounds are located at Kellyville (north of Ballintubbert) with a secondary grounds at Milltown (west of Ballylinan).

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History

Founded in 1954 as an underage club, it won the Laois minor and junior football titles in 1967, the minor title again in 1968, the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 1969 and a further junior title in 1976. Recently, in 2022, they added a 3rd minor title to their huge collection of trophies.

Then St Joseph's progressed to win ten Laois Senior Football Championship titles: in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2023

As well as this, the club (in an amalgamation with Barrowhouse) won the Under-21 Championship in 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016.

St Josephs ladies won the Laois LGFA junior title in 2017 and won the Intermediate title in 2024.

It is a parish team and is made up of the four small areas represented on the club crest: Ballyadams, Luggacurren, The Swan and Wolfhill.

Players (past and present) include Tom Kelly, Joe Higgins, Martin Dempsey, Kieran Brennan, Dessie Brennan, Mick Dempsey and Seán Dempsey.

Notable players

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Dempsey and Higgins to team up as St Joseph's set to appoint new management team". 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Hartnett, Alan (9 December 2020). "Former Laois manager takes Dublin club job while hurling selector heads to Leinster rival" . Retrieved 12 November 2022. St Joseph's native Sean Dempsey will take...
  3. ↑ Hartnett, Alan (14 September 2017). "Kelly and Garvan roll back the years to fire St Joseph's to JFC final" . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dempsey and Higgins to team up as St Joseph's set to appoint new management team". 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Hartnett, Alan (14 September 2017). "Kelly and Garvan roll back the years to fire St Joseph's to JFC final" . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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