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| Naomh Lorcán | |||||||||||||
| Founded: | 1957 | ||||||||||||
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| County: | Kildare | ||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Larries | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Amber and Red | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Old Grange | ||||||||||||
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St Laurence's GAA (Irish : CLG Naomh Lorcán) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in south County Kildare, Ireland.
St. Laurence's GAA Club, is based at Oldgrange, in the parish of Narraghmore, County Kildare. It covers the parish villages of Narraghmore, Kilmead, Booley, Calverstown, Kilgowan, Brewel, Ballymount, Crookstown, Ballitore, and Mullaghmast.
St. Laurence’s GAA's Oldgrange club grounds were purchased in 1975. The clubhouse's dressing rooms opened in 1992 and 1999 respectively. It facilitates activities such as Senior men’s football, ladies football, hurling, camogie, basketball, badminton and bowls teams. St. Laurence's also houses a community complex, which includes a bar, indoor sports hall, gated and enclosed outdoor children's playground, and a 750-metre athletics track.
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St. Laurence's GAA won its first Kildare Senior Football Championship in 2009.
St. Laurence's GAA started fielding hurling teams at Underage in 1998 and continues to do so. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club consistently provides players to the Kildare Development Squads. In 2017, St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club had two representatives on the Kildare Under 17 Celtic Challenge Team.
In 2005 St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club fielded its first-ever Adult Team, which went on to win a Kildare Adult Hurling League Title in 2008. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club won the Kildare Junior Hurling Championship in 2011, followed by winning the Kildare Intermediate League in 2012. St. Laurence's GAA Hurling Club has had three Players represent Kildare at Senior Hurling Level.[ citation needed ]
Sheila Norton founded the Ballitore camogie club in March 1934 with the Kilkenny colours, black and amber. The club was a junior finalist in 1940.
Revived in 1980 and using St. Laurence's colours and name, the club won the junior championship and league. The club went on to win the Intermediate championship in 1989, with a victory over Broadford, which prevented Broadford from winning 11 in-a-row.[ citation needed ]
Patricia Keatley, Melanie Treacy and Michelle Aspell and were selected on the Kildare camogie team of the century.[ citation needed ]
In addition to hurling, camogie, mens and ladies Gaelic football, the club also hosts badminton, basketball and bowls.[ citation needed ]
St. Laurence's Badminton Club was established in 2006 and offers both Junior and Adult Badminton clubs. It is an associated with Badminton Ireland, the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland.[ citation needed ]
A basketball club, the 'LARRIE BIRDS', was established in 2015. In November 2015, the 'LARRIE BIRDS' club hosted their first ever competitive basketball matches.[ citation needed ] Athlone Basketball made the journey to play the club's U12 & U14 girls teams who were the first teams to represent our club at any grade.[ citation needed ]
St. Laurence's Bowls Club is based at St. Laurence's Complex Hall. They host mixed ability and mixed age teams for competitive play and social recreation.[ citation needed ]
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