Killeshin GAA

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Killeshin
Gleann Uisean
Founded:1921
County:Laois
Colours:Green and White
Grounds:Seamus Hearns Park/Pairc Uisean
Coordinates:52°51′16.04″N 6°59′52.30″W / 52.8544556°N 6.9978611°W / 52.8544556; -6.9978611Coordinates: 52°51′16.04″N 6°59′52.30″W / 52.8544556°N 6.9978611°W / 52.8544556; -6.9978611
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Killeshin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association football club in the village of Killeshin, County Laois, Ireland.

The club colours are green and white and the club grounds, which are near the border, are called Seamus Hearns Park/Pairc Uisean. In 2019, Killeshin reached their first-ever Senior County Final.

Killeshin have never won the Laois Senior Football Championship title but they have won the Laois Intermediate Football Championship four times (1958, 1974, 1993 and 2011) and the Laois Junior Football Championship four times (1957, 1969, 1981 and 2008).

The club won season four of RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoir in 2011, with ex-Ireland soccer star Tony Cascarino as their manager.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Cascarino wins Celebrity Bainisteoir". RTÉ Ten. 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ Butler, Laura. "Soccer star Tony wins Celeb Bainisteoir title" Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today. Evening Herald. 7 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Attride blow for Laois". Hogan Stand. 25 October 2019.


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