Laois Senior Hurling Championship

Laois Senior A Hurling Championship
Laois Senior A Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Title holders	Rosenallis
Sponsors	Laois Shopping Centre

Laois senior Hurling Championship
Laois senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Founded	1888
Trophy	Bob O'Keefe
Title holders	Clough-Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) (10th title)
Most titles	Camross (26 titles)
Sponsors	Laois Shopping Centre
Official website	http://www.laoisgaa.ie

The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Laois GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Laois. The winner receives the Bob O'Keefe Cup and qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. Clough-Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) are current (2020) Senior Hurling Champions after beating Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton by a score line of 1-22 to 1-17.‘

Top winners[]

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Camross	26	1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2013, 2017,
2	Rathdowney	18	1888, 1889, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941
3	Clonad	14	1930, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1992
4	Portlaoise	11	1928, 1943, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2004
5	Kilcotton	10	1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929
5	Clough-Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan)	10	1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2020, 2021
7	Castletown	8	1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
7	Abbeyleix	8	1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
9	Rathdowney-Errill	6	2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019
10	Borris-in-Ossory	5	1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972
11	Clonaslee	4	1890, 1891, 1910, 1975
12	Cullohill	2	1955, 1964
12	Errill	2	1938, 1952
14	Kyle	1	1951
	Harristown	1	1897
	Mountrath	1	1942
	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	1	2016

Roll of honour[]

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2021 ^[1]	Clough/Ballacolla	1-25	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	2-21
2020	Clough/Ballacolla	1-22	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	1-17
2019	Rathdowney-Errill	0-17	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	1-09
2018	Camross	2-15	Rathdowney-Errill	0-19
2017^[2]	Camross	3-14	Clough/Ballacolla	1-19
2016^[3]	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	2-26, 1-18 (R)	Rathdowney-Errill	2-26, 2-10 (R)
2015^[4]	Clough/Ballacolla	0-20	Camross	1-14
2014^[5]	Rathdowney-Errill	1-20	Camross	0-10
2013 ^[6]	Camross	2-12	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	1-12
2012 ^[7]^[8]	Rathdowney-Errill	1-11, 0-17 (R)	Clough/Ballacolla	2-08, 0-14 (R)
2011	Clough/Ballacolla	1-10	Portlaoise	0-11
2010	Rathdowney-Errill	2-11	Camross	1-09
2009	Clough/Ballacolla	2-13	Portlaoise	1-10
2008	Rathdowney-Errill	1-19	Portlaoise	2-15
2007	Camross	5-09	Portlaoise	2-11
2006	Rathdowney-Errill	1-11	Tinnahinch	1-07
2005	Castletown	0-13, 1-08 (R)	Camross	1-10, 0-10 (R)
2004	Portlaoise	2-08	Castletown	0-07
2003	Castletown	2-12	Portlaoise	1-11
2002	Castletown	4-09	Tinnahinch	2-04
2001	Castletown	2-19	Tinnahinch	1-08
2000	Castletown	3-10	Camross	2-05
1999	Castletown	2-06	Portlaoise	1-06
1998	Portlaoise	0-13	Harps	0-11
1997	Castletown	3-14	Harps	2-09
1996	Camross	0-15	Castletown	1-05
1995	Castletown	1-12	Portlaoise	0-11
1994	Camross	2-08	Clonad	0-03
1993	Camross	1-13, 1-13 (R)	Portlaoise	2-10, 2-09 (R)
1992	Clonad	0-16	Portlaoise	2-07
1991	Portlaoise	1-14	Clonad	0-07
1990	Camross	2-13	Portlaoise	1-09
1989	Portlaoise	1-09, 0-12 (R)	Camross	2-06, 1-04 (R)
1988	Camross	1-13	Portlaoise	0-10
1987	Portlaoise	2-13	Clonad	1-05
1986	Camross	4-09	Errill	2-14
1985	Camross	1-05	Portlaoise	0-07
1984	Portlaoise	1-08, 2-14 (R)	Harps	2-05, 1-07 (R)
1983	Portlaoise	3-10	Camross	3-05
1982	Portlaoise	2-12	Errill	1-08
1981	Portlaoise	2-13	Camross	4-05
1980	Camross	3-04	Portlaoise	1-08
1979	Camross	3-09	Ballinakill	1-07
1978	Camross	2-09	Borris-in-Ossory	0-05
1977	Camross	2-14	Portlaoise	0-05
1976	Camross	1-13	Clonaslee	1-09
1975	Clonaslee	0-13	Clonad	0-08
1974	Camross	1-15	Clonaslee	0-05
1973	Camross	5-13	Borris-in-Ossory	0-14
1972	Borris-in-Ossory	4-06	Ballyfin	2-06
1971	Camross	4-10	Clonad	3-08
1970	Clonad	2-09	Clonaslee	2-06
1969	Camross	3-13	Rathdowney	2-05
1968	Camross	5-13	Cullohill	2-05
1967	Camross	5-04	Clonad	3-04
1966	Camross	5-07	Rathdowney	2-04
1965	Camross	3-10	St. Canice's	3-06
1964	Cullohill	4-04	Camross	4-03
1963	Camross	2-09	St. Canice's	2-06
1962	Clonad	1-08	Borris-in-Ossory	0-05
1961	Borris-in-Ossory	3-11	Cuddagh	0-04
1960	Borris-in-Ossory	2-06	Portlaoise	0-11
1959	Camross	2-05	Cuddagh	3-01
1958	Clonad	1-09, 3-04 (R)	Borris-in-Ossory	2-06, 1-09(R)
1957 ^[9]	Borris-in-Ossory	w/o	Cuddagh	scr
1956	Borris-in-Ossory	2-13	Cullohill	2-06
1955 ^[10]	Cullohill	5-09	Kyle	3-05
1954	Clonad	1-09	Errill	0-04
1953 ^[11]	Clonad	2-14	Kyle	2-07
1952 ^[12]	Errill	6-06	Clonad	3-04
1951	Kyle	3-02	Rovers	2-02
1950	Clonad	3-13	Errill	1-05
1949	Abbeyleix	7-03	Clonad	5-03
1948	Clonad	2-06	Abbeyleix	0-03
1947	Clonad	3-08	Abbeyleix	2-04
1946	Clonad	3-04	Abbeyleix	2-03
1945 ^[13]	Abbeyleix	5-05	Camross	1-02
1944	Abbeyleix	2-09	Kilcotton	0-03
1943	Portlaoise	4-11	Rathdowney	4-03
1942	Mountrath	3-02	Clonad	3-00
1941	Rathdowney	2-02 (on obj)	Kilcotton	3-06 (on obj)
1940	Abbeyleix	2-03	Kilcotton	0-03
1939	Abbeyleix	2-09	Errill	1-03
1938	Errill	2-05	Rathdowney	1-04
1937	Clonad	2-07	Abbeyleix	2-01
1936	Rathdowney	6-04	Kilcotton	1-05
1935	Clonad	7-03	Rathdowney	1-05
1934	Abbeyleix	2-05	Clonad	2-03
1933	Clonad	5-03	Rathdowney	0-02
1932	Abbeyleix	2-04	Clonad	1-02
1931	Rathdowney	2-03	Clonad	1-04
1930	Clonad	5-01	Ballygeehan	3-01
1929	Kilcotton	w/o	Portlaoise	scr
1928	Portlaoise	0-04	Clonad	1-00
1927	Abbeyleix	6-03	Rathdowney	3-02
1926	Rathdowney	6-01	Ballacolla	2-00
1925	Rathdowney	3-03	Clonad	2-01
1924	Kilcotton	3-01	Rathdowney	2-01
1923	Kilcotton	5-02	Ballacolla	1-00
1922	Rathdowney	4-03	Portlaoise	2-01
1921	Rathdowney	3-00	Kilcotton	1-03
1920	Kilcotton	1-05	Rathdowney	1-03
1919	Kilcotton	4-01	Ballygeehan	0-01
1918	Ballygeehan	3-00	Rathdowney	0-00
1917	Ballygeehan	3-00	Kilcotton	2-02
1916	Ballygeehan	4-04	Rathdowney	2-00
1915	Ballygeehan	3-00	Kilcotton	0-00
1914	Ballygeehan	0-09, 4-05 (R)	Kilcotton	0-09, 2-00 (R)
1913	Kilcotton	3-03, 3-02 (R), 3-02 (R2)	Rathdowney	4-00, 3-02 (R), 2-01 (R2)
1912	Rathdowney	4-02	Kilcotton	1-02
1911	Rathdowney	7-01	Clonaslee	0-00
1910	Clonaslee	3-02	Kilcotton	3-01
1909 ^[14]	Kilcotton	2-11	Clonaslee	4-04
1908	Rathdowney	??	Clonaslee	??
1907	Rathdowney	4-10	Ballacolla	2-09
1906	Kilcotton	2-11	Camross	0-01
1905	Kilcotton	4-11	Rathdowney	1-03
1904	Kilcotton	1-05	Rathdowney	1-03
1903	Rathdowney
1902	Rathdowney
1901	Rathdowney
1900	No Championship
1899	Rathdowney ??	(on obj)	Kilcotton ??	(on obj)
1898	Rathdowney ??		Ballacolla ??
1897	Harristown	0-08	Rathdowney	1-01
1896	No Championship
1895	No Championship
1894	No Championship
1893	No Championship
1892	No Championship
1891	Clonaslee	w/o	Aghaboe	scr
1890	Clonaslee	1-02	Rathdowney	1-00
1889	Rathdowney	3-05	Skierke	0-00
1888	Rathdowney	2-02	Knockaroo	0-01

the colours attached to Skierke, Aghaboe, Harristown & Ballacolla are those of the current parish teams and not necessarily those of the actual team at the time.

Laois Senior A Hurling Championship[]

This competition has existed in various guises since 1995.^[15] It was originally played as the Dick Palmer Cup up to 2009, then became a competition ancillary to the main championship. In the earlier years, clubs would qualify for the Senior B by not reaching a certain stage of the main competition.

Since 2010, it has been a proper Tier2 competition, with promotion/relegation to/from the Senior Hurling Championship and from 2015, it has been called the Senior A Hurling Championship.

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2020	Portlaoise Or Harps		Portlaoise Or Harps
2019	Rosenallis	1-12	Harps	1-11
2018	Portlaoise	1-13	Harps	1-11
2017	Ballyfin Gaels	0–15	Colt	0–12
2016	Castletown	1–11	Ballyfin Gaels	0–13
2015	Portlaoise	1-14	Clonaslee	1-11
2014	Ballinakill	0-22	St Fintans, Mountrath	1-12
2013	Abbeyleix	4-12	Ballyfin	0-09
2012	Clough/Ballacolla	0-16	Camross	2-05

Winning captains since 1950[]

1950 Pat Norton Clonad
1951 Michael Rigney Kyle
1952 Jimmy Murray Errill
1953 Andy Dunne Clonad
1954 Andy Dunne Clonad
1955 Lar Dunphy Cullohill
1956 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
1957 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
1958 Andy Dunne Clonad
1959 Fintan Lalor Camross
1960 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
1961 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
1962 Jimmy Fennell Clonad
1963 Fintan Lalor Camross
1964 Mt. (Mog) O'Mahoney Cullohill
1965 Tim Cuddy Camross
1966 Tim Cuddy Camross
1967 Tim Cuddy Camross
1968 Ger Cuddy Camross
1969 Ger Cuddy Camross
1970 George Conroy Clonad
1971 Jimmy Lyons Camross
1972 Brendan Dollard Borris-in-Ossory
1973 John Carroll Camross
1974 Christy Donovan Camross
1975 John O'Keefe Clonaslee
1976 Martin Cuddy Camross
1977 Paddy Dowling Camross
1978 Sean Cuddy Camross
1979 Michael Carroll Camross
1980 Richard Maloney Camross
1981 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
1982 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
1983 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
1984 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
1985 PJ Cuddy Camross
1986 Joe Doran Camross
1987 Sean Bergin Portlaoise
1988 Alo Delaney Camross
1989 John Bohane Portlaoise
1990 Pat Carroll Camross
1991 Seamus Plunkett Portlaoise
1992 Pat Norton Clonad
1993 Fintan Lalor Camross
1994 Tom Delaney Camross
1995 John O' Suillivan Castletown
1996 Matt Collier Camross
1997 Eamonn Kirwan Castletown
1998 Niall Rigney Portlaoise
1999 John Lyons Castletown
2000 Pat Phelan Castletown
2001 Fionan O'Suillivan Castletown
2002 Paul Cuddy Castletown
2003 David Cuddy Castletown
2004 Joe Phelan Portlaoise
2005 Robert Delaney Castletown
2006 Liam Wynne Rathdowney/Errill
2007 Fran Hogan Camrosss
2008 John Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
2009 Mick McEvoy Clough/Ballacolla
2010 Liam Tynan Rathdowney/Errill
2011 John A. Delaney Clough/Ballacolla
2012 Shane Dollard Rathdowney/Errill
2013 Tomás Burke Camrosss
2014 Alan Delaney Rathdowney/Errill
2015 Darren Maher Clough/Ballacolla
2016 Brian Stapleton Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton
2017 Joe Phelan & Zane Keenan Camross
2018 Niall Homes Camross
2019 Patrick Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
2020 Stephen Maher Clough/Ballacolla
2021 Stephen Maher Clough/Ballacolla

Records and statistics[]

Finals Stats[]

Most wins:
- 26 Camross
Most consecutive wins:
- 5 Ballygeehan (1914–18), Camross (1965–69), Camross (1976–80) & Castletown (1999-2003)
Most defeats:
- 17 Portlaoise
Most consecutive defeats:
- 3 Abbeyleix (1946–48), Portlaoise (2007-09) & Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton (2019-21)
Most appearances:
- 37 Camross
Most appearances without a win:
- 4 Ballacolla (1898-1907-1923-1926)
Highest scoring match:
- 64 points (2016) Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton 2-26 Rathdowney-Errill 2-26 (possible All Ireland record for county SHC final)
Lowest scoring match:
- 7 points (1928) Portlaoise 0-7 Clonad 1-0
Biggest winning margin:
- 22 points (1911) Rathdowney 7-1 Clonaslee 0-0
Highest scoring teams:
- 32 points (2016) Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton & Rathdowney-Errill
Highest scoring winning team:
- 28 points (1968 & 1973) Camross
Highest scoring losing team:
- 22 points (2017) Clough/Ballacolla
Most goals match:
- 12 (1949) Abbeyleix 7-3 Clonad 5-3
Fewest goals match:
- 0 (1914, 1975, 1998 & 2012d)
Most goals team:
- 7 (1935) Clonad & (1949) Abbeyleix
Most goals losing team:
- 5 (1949) Clonad
Trivia:
- 10 finals have ended in draws
- 4 finals have been goalless (1914-1975-1998-2012r)
- 20 finals have occurred where the losing team scored more goals than the winning team (last: 2019)
- 3 finals have occurred where the winner scored two goals fewer than the losing team (1909-1981-1992)
- 23 finals have occurred where there were more goals than points (last: 1964)

Teams[]

By decade[]

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

1880s: 2 for Rathdowney (1888–89)
1890s: 2 each for Clonaslee (1890–91) and Rathdowney (1898–99)
1900s: 5 for Rathdowney (1901-02-03-07-08)
1910s: 5 for Ballygeehan (1914-15-16-17-18)
1920s: 4 for Rathdowney (1921-22-25-26)
1930s: 4 for Clonad (1930-33-35-37)
1940s: 4 for Abbeyleix (1940-44-45-49)
1950s: 4 for Clonad (1950-53-54-58)
1960s: 6 for Camross (1963-65-66-67-68-69)
1970s: 7 for Camross (1971-73-74-76-77-78-79)
1980s: 6 for Portlaoise (1981-82-83-84-87-89)
1990s: 4 for Camross (1990-93-94-96)
2000s: 5 for Castletown (2000-01-02-03-05)
2010s: 4 for Rathdowney-Errill (2010-12-14-19)

Gaps[]

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

91 years: Clough/Ballacolla (1918-2009) [as Ballygeehan in 1918]
65 years: Clonaslee (1910-1975)
38 years: Portlaoise (1943-1981)
22 years: Clonad (1970-1992)
19 years: Clonaslee (1891-1910)
15 years: Portlaoise (1928-1943)
14 years: Errill (1938-1952)
11 years: Borris in Ossory (1961-1972)
11 years: Camross (1996-2007)
09 years: Rathdowney (1889-1898)
09 years: Rathdowney (1912-1921)
09 years: Clonad (1937-1946)
09 years: Cullohill (1955-1964)

Starts (first 1-10 finals)[]

Best[]

1 final : (1-0) Rathdowney (1888), Clonaslee (1890), Harristown (1897), Ballygeehan (1914), Abbeyleix (1927), Mountrath (1942), Kyle (1951, Cullohill (1955), Borris in Ossory (1956), Castletown (1995), Rathdowney-Errill (2006)
2 finals: (2-0) Rathdowney (1889), Clonaslee (1891), Ballygeehan (1915), Abbeyleix (1932), Borris in Ossory (1957), Rathdowney-Errill (2008)
3 finals: (3-0) Ballygeehan (1916), Abbeyleix (1934), Rathdowney-Errill (2010)
4 finals: (4-0) Ballygeehan (1917), Rathdowney-Errill (2012)
5 finals: (5-0) Ballygeehan (1918), Rathdowney-Errill (2014)
6 finals: (5-1) (Ballygeehan (1919), Abbeyleix (1940), Castletown (2001), Rathdowney-Errill (2016)
7 finals: (6-1) Abbeyleix (1944), Castletown (2002)
8 finals: (7-1) Abbeyleix (1945), Castletown (2003)
9 finals: (7-2) Rathdowney (1903), Abbeyleix (1946), Castletown (2004)
10finals: (8-2) Castletown (2005)

Worst[]

1 final : (0-1) Kilcotton (1888), Skierke (1889), Aghaboe (1891), Ballacolla (1898), Camross (1906), Portlaoise (1922), Clonad (1925), Errill (1933), Rovers (1951), Cuddagh (1957), Ballyfin (1972), Ballinakill (1979), The Harps (1984), Tinnahinch (2001), Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton (2013)
2 finals: (0-2) Kilcotton (1899), Ballacolla (1907), Clonad (1928), Camross (1945), Cuddagh (1959), The Harps (1997), Tinnahinch (2002)
3 finals: (0-3) Ballacolla (1923), Cuddagh (1961), The Harps (1998), Tinnahinch (2006)
4 finals: (0-4) Ballacolla (1926)
5 finals: (1-4) Clonad (1932), Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton (2021)
6 finals: (2-4) Clonad (1933), Errill (1954), Portlaoise (1977)
7 finals: (2-5) Clonad (1934), Portlaoise (1980), Errill (1982)
8 finals: (2-6) Errill (1986)
9 finals: (4-5) Clonad (1939), Clonaslee (1975), Portlaoise (1982)
10finals: (4-6) Clonad (1942), Clonaslee (1976), Portlaoise (1983)

References[]

^ Egan, Kevin (7 November 2021). "Clough-Ballacolla edge thriller to retain Laois SHC". RTÉ.ie.
^ "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ "Maher the hero for Clough-Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ "Rathdowney-Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
^ "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^ "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^ Cuddagh requested a postponement, on the grounds of injuries, which was turned down at an emergency meeting in October 1957. Cuddagh refused to play the final.
^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 15 October 1955; Page: 4
^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 10 October 1953; Page: 3
^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 27 September 1952; Page: 6
^ Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 15 October 1945; Page: 4
^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 26 March 1910; Page: 5
^ The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888-2016 by John Phelan

External links[]

[1] Egan, Kevin (7 November 2021). "Clough-Ballacolla edge thriller to retain Laois SHC". RTÉ.ie.

[2] "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[3] "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[4] "Maher the hero for Clough-Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[5] "Rathdowney-Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[6] "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

[7] "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[8] "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[9] Cuddagh requested a postponement, on the grounds of injuries, which was turned down at an emergency meeting in October 1957. Cuddagh refused to play the final.

[10] Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 15 October 1955; Page: 4

[11] Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 10 October 1953; Page: 3

[12] Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 27 September 1952; Page: 6

[13] Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 15 October 1945; Page: 4

[14] Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 26 March 1910; Page: 5

[15] The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888-2016 by John Phelan

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Laois senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Founded	1888
Trophy	Bob O'Keefe
Title holders	Clough-Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) (10th title)
Most titles	Camross (26 titles)
Sponsors	Laois Shopping Centre
Official website	http://www.laoisgaa.ie