Stradbally GAA (Laois)
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Founded: | 1889 | ||||||||
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County: | Laois | ||||||||
Nickname: | Strad, The Little Town | ||||||||
Colours: | Green and white | ||||||||
Grounds: | Bill Delaney Park | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°00′31.71″N 7°08′44.15″W / 53.0088083°N 7.1455972°WCoordinates: 53°00′31.71″N 7°08′44.15″W / 53.0088083°N 7.1455972°W | ||||||||
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Stradbally GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) football club in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland.
The club was founded in 1889 and its colours are green and white. The club grounds are called Bill Delaney Park after one of the club's most famous sons.
Stradbally GAA Club has won 17 Laois Senior Football Championship titles and numerous other titles at junior, intermediate and underage grades.
After 18 years in existence the championship of 1905 was won when the team defeated Raheenabrogue by 1-4 to 0-3 at Portlaoise on 21 January 1906. 2016 Stradbally bet Portlaoise in the county championship final and stopped their 10 in a row with a last minute goal.
Sean Delaney, Karl Lenihan, Tony Maher, Colm Kelly, Damien Delaney, Colm Begley, Greg Ramsbottom, Paul Begley and Gary Kavanagh are among Stradbally's most famous players in recent times.
Achievements[]
- Laois Senior Football Championship Winners 1905, 1908, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016[1]
- Laois Intermediate Football Championship (1) 1959
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 1: 1999
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (3) 1982, 1983, 2008
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (1) 2000
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (1) 1999
Notable players[]
- Sean Delaney
- Karl Lenihan
- Tony Maher
- Colm Kelly
- Greg Ramsbottom
- Colm Begley
- Paul Begley
- Gary Kavanagh
- Jody Dillon
- Eoin Buggie
- Tom Shiel
- Gary Comerford
References[]
- ^ "Last-gasp Lawlor pegs back Portlaoise in see-saw thriller". Irish Independent. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
External links[]
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs established in 1889
- 1889 establishments in Ireland
- Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Laois
- Gaelic football clubs in County Laois
- Stradbally
- Leinster GAA club stubs