04/11/2017
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04/11/2017
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Gaelic games
GAA - Dunne and Byron lead the way as Emo-Courtwood-The Rock claim Laois U-17 'A' title
Emo-Courtwood-The Rock are the Laois U-17 'A' football champions, after they proved too strong for Stradbally Parish Gaels in O'Moore Park on Sunday. Their attacking duo of Niall Dunne and Matthew Byron were in outstanding form on the day, scoring ...
Soccer
Portlaoise pegged back by Edenderry Town in LSL thriller
Portlaoise AFC and Edenderry Town played out an end-to-end, highly entertaining game in Rossleighan Park last Friday. The home team were pegged back twice to drop two valuable points and remain winless four games into the new season. Portlaoise ...
Gaelic games
GAA Laois SFC Final In Brief - The Odds, Weather Forecast and more
Bookies make Portlaoise red-hot favourites The bookies, we are told, are rarely wrong and if that maxim holds true, then it's bad news for Ballylinan. They haven't been given any chance by the bookmakers, with Paddy Power installing ...
Gaelic games
GAA - Portlaoise look primed to deny Ballylinan their bid for history in Laois SFC final
For the just the second time in Laois SFC history, Portlaoise will take on Ballylinan in the showpiece game of the club football season. It is a veritable David Versus Goliath encounter, as Portlaoise, appearing in their eleventh ...
Gaelic games
GAA - League success key for Julian as he now bids to end Ballylinan's Laois SFC title drought
This Sunday, Paul Julian will take a trip he hasn't made in thirty years. One of the few people involved with this Ballylinan squad who was around for their 1987 final appearance, he has had to be patient to experience it for ...
Gaelic games
GAA - McNulty hoping to cap off rebuilding process with another Laois SFC title for Portlaoise
If Malachy McNulty was in the same line of work as Dermot Bannon, his phone would be ringing off the hook. Dermot likes to restructure things and hope it all works out in the end, but he can't have overseen a restoration as ...
Gaelic games
GAA - Four things to watch out for in this Sunday's Laois SFC final
This weekend's final should be entertaining for lots of reasons, but we've picked out four particular aspects of the game to keep an eye out for. The Ballylinan Full-Forward Line Ballylinan have been a joy to watch this ...
Gaelic games
GAA - Three key battles between Portlaoise and Ballylinan in this Sunday's Laois SFC final
There will be some crucial head-to-head battled on the field this Sunday, and we take a look at three of them here. Frank Flanagan v Gary Walsh It has been an impressive debut season for Portlaoise's young full-back ...
Gaelic games
GAA - Gary Walsh hopes to see Ballylinan 'rise to the occasion' against Portlaoise this Sunday
As they get ready to contest just a second ever Laois SFC final, those of us on the outside look at Ballylinan and wonder where this season has come from. Little over the last two years, from a distance at least, ...
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