Profile: James (Jas.) O’Reilly
Jas is one of the most colourful characters in the club having a very distinguished career as a player, official and mentor.
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Laura Bergin was club secretary in 1988 and ’89, the first lady holder of the position.
Laura had been assistant secretary to Bill Phelan in the previous two years.
Along with Kevin Farrell and Tom Bracken, she helped organise the club museum at Fr. Browne Avenue in 1987. She also organised numerous social activities raising badly-needed funds for the club.
Jas is one of the most colourful characters in the club having a very distinguished career as a player, official and mentor.
Paddy Brennan is a legendary figure in the Portlaoise club.
He won minor hurling championships with the Rovers Club
and when that club merged with Portlaoise in the early 1950s,
Paddy threw in his lot with the Town. He went on to star with
his club and also in the blue and white of Laois for many
years.
Pat Delaney describes the emergence of Portlaoise as a Hurling power house in the late 70s and 80s.
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