Dr. Thomas F. O’Higgins, who chaired the first meeting of Portlaoise GAA, in 1887. He was a popular G.P. in Stradbally for many years. He married Anne O’Sullivan who was daughter of T.D. O’Sullivan who was one time Lord Mayor of Dublin. He was murdered at his home outside Stradbally in 1923. One of their sons, Kevin O’Higgins, played a leading role in setting up the Irish Free State including the establishment of an unarmed police force. He took a hard line during the Civil War and retained more than one enemy. He was assassinated as he walked to Mass on Booterstown Avenue in Dublin in 1927.
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.
Colm Browne has achieved almost everything a Gaelic player could wish for. At Club level Colm has won ten Laois Senior Championships, four under 21s and two Minor Medals…
Paddy Critchley figured on Irish Worsted Mills teams and won championship
medals with Kilminchy at minor level in the 1940s and Park seniors in the early
1950s.
Ⓒ 1887 - 2025 - Portlaoise GAA - C'MON THE TOWN
