Hurling Honours

Hurling has always had a strong tradition in Portlaoise GAA, with generations of players battling for county, provincial, and national honours. From the early days to the glory years, the club has produced skilled hurlers who wore the white and green with pride.

This Roll of Honour celebrates the hard-fought victories, the great teams, and the memorable moments that have shaped The Town’s hurling story.

Have a look through the honours and remember the battles won on the field.

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Hurling – Senior

Laois Senior Hurling Championship 11

1928, 1943, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2004;

Laois Senior ‘A’ Hurling Championship 3

2002, 2015, 2018;

Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship 1

2023;

Laois ACHL Div 1 4

1980, 1986, 1995, 1996;

Laois Div 1 ‘A’ ACHL Cup 1

2015;

Laois ACHL Div 3 1

2012;

Leinster Senior Club Finalists 2

1987, 1999;

Hurling – Intermediate

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2

1935, 1942;

Hurling – Intermediate – Rovers

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (Rovers) 2

1945, 1948;

Hurling – Under 21

Laois U-21 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 5

1978, 1981, 1988, 2000, 2015;

Hurling – Junior

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship 4

1965, 1987, 1993, 2013;

Laois Junior ‘C’ Hurling Championship 1

2018;

Hurling – Junior – Rovers

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship (Rovers) 1

1942;

Hurling – Minor

Laois Minor ‘A’ Hurling Championship 21

1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001;

Laois Minor ‘B’ Hurling Championship 1

2019;

Hurling – Minor – Rovers

Laois Minor Hurling Championship (Rovers) 6

1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947;

Hurling – Under 17

Laois U-17 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 10

1972, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2002;

Hurling – Under 16

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 29

1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2014;

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Shield 2

1960, 2016;

Hurling – Under 15

Laois U-15 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 1

2019;

Laois U-15 ‘A’ Hurling League 1

2024;

Hurling – Under 14

Laois U-14 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 21

1955, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014;

Laois U-14 Féile Hurling Finals 19

1976, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012;

All-Ireland U-14 Féile na nGael Hurling Division 2 (Canon Fogarty Trophy) 5

1980, 1981, 1993, 2009, 2012;

Hurling – Under 12

Laois U-12 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 14

1956, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1993, 2010;

Laois U-12 ‘B’ Hurling Championship 1

1974;

Laois U-12 ‘C’ Hurling Championship 2

2006, 2011;

Hurling – Senior

Laois Senior Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1928	Portlaoise	John Dunne	0-4	Clonad	1-0
1943	Portlaoise	Paddy Farrell	4-11	Rathdowney	4-3
1981	Portlaoise	John Joe Ging	2-13	Camross	4-5
1982	Portlaoise	John Joe Ging	2-12	Errill	1-8
1983	Portlaoise	John Joe Ging	3-10	Camross	3-5
1984	Portlaoise	John Joe Ging	1-8 2-14(R)	The Harps	2-5 1-7(R)
1987	Portlaoise	Sean Bergin	2-13	Clonad	1-5
1989	Portlaoise	John Bohane	2-6 0-12(R)	Camross	1-9 1-4(R)
1991	Portlaoise	Seamus Plunkett	1-14	Clonad	0-7
1998	Portlaoise	Niall Rigney	0-13	Harps	0-11

Laois Senior ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2002	Portlaoise	John Hanniffy	2-20	Ballacolla	1-8
2015	Portlaoise	Keith Murphy	1-14	Clonaslee St. Manman’s	1-11
2018	Portlaoise	Tommy Fitzgerald	1-13	The Harps	1-11

Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2023	Portlaoise	Eoin O’Connor	0-19	Ballyfin	0-10

Laois ACHL Div 1

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1980	Portlaoise	John Joe Ging	2-11	Durrow	0-8
1986	Portlaoise	Sean Bergin	3-7	The Harps	0-7
1995	Portlaoise			The Harps	Walk Over
1996	Portlaoise			Camross	Walk Over

Laois Div 1 ‘A’ ACHL Cup

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2015	Portlaoise	Keith Murphy	3-16	Abbeyleix	1-10

Laois Div 3 ACHL

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2012	Portlaoise	Darren Murphy	1-12	Castletown Slieve Bloom	0-10

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championships – Runners Up

Year	Winner/Opponent	Score	County	Portlaoise	Score
1998–99	Rathnure	1-13	Wexford	Portlaoise	1-06
1987–88	Rathnure	3-08	Wexford	Portlaoise	1-13

Hurling – Intermediate

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1935	Portlaoise	Martin Delaney	3-8	Ballyfin	2-0
1942	Portlaoise	Paddy Farrell	6-5	Ballygeehan	3-0

Hurling – Under 21

Laois U-21 ”A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1978	Portlaoise	Sean Bergin	2-10	Abbeyleix	1-6
1981	Portlaoise	Niall Rigney	1-10 0-8(R)	Ballacolla	2-7 0-7(R)
1988	Portlaoise	John Hanniffy	4-16	Camross Clonaslee Kyle	3-9
2000	Portlaoise	Tomas Mulligan	1-13	Rathdowney	0-7
2015	Portlaoise	Cian Taylor	0-13	St. Lazerian’s Abbeyleix	1-8

Hurling – Junior

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1965	Portlaoise	Ned Murphy	4-3	Camross	2-5
1987	Portlaoise	Jimmy Wrest	3-12	Timahoe	1-7
1993	Portlaoise	Dermot Bohane	1-9 2-13(R1) 3-11(R2)	Ballypickas	2-6 2-13(R1) 3-8(R2)
2013	Portlaoise	Roc Scully	1-14	Clough/Ballacolla	0-8

Laois Junior ‘C’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2018	Portlaoise	Dennis Kavanagh	1-13	Ballyfin	0-7

Hurling – Minor

Laois Minor ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1949	Portlaoise	Ned Campion	5-2	Kilminchy	1-0
1950	Portlaoise	Donal Dunne	9-0	Castlemore	3-1
1952	Portlaoise	John Hughes	4-5	Abbeyleix	0-2
1953	Portlaoise	Rocky Scully	4-6	Durrow	2-3
1955	Portlaoise	Pat Dalton	6-3	Camross	5-1
1956	Portlaoise	Alfie Lewis	1-2	Rathdowney	1-1
1959	Portlaoise	Mickey Earley	5-1	Rathdowney	2-4
1960	Portlaoise	Teddy Fennelly	4-1	Mountrath	3-3
1961	Portlaoise	Jim O’Shaughnessy	2-4	Durrow	2-3
1962	Portlaoise	Tom Byrne	8-9	Camross	2-3
1964	Portlaoise	Brian Delaney	4-3	Abbeyleix	3-4
1965	Portlaoise	Paddy Doyle	8-5	Durrow	3-3
1972	Portlaoise	Philip Rochford	7-5	Ballinakill	1-4
1980	Portlaoise	Pat Roe	4-7	Rathdowney	5-3
1984	Portlaoise	David Coughlan	2-10	Borris-in-Ossory	1-5
1985	Portlaoise	Pat Norton	3-5	Camross Castletown	2-5
1989	Portlaoise	Richie O’Sullivan	1-13	Casletown Slieve Bloom	2-7
1996	Portlaoise	Brian O’Sullivan	0-9 2-14(R)	Camross/Kyle	1-6 1-9(R)
1997	Portlaoise	Dermot Costelloe	3-12	Harps	1-6
1999	Portlaoise	Michael Bowe	1-9	Castletown	1-6
2001	Portlaoise	Diarmuid Lalor	1-11	Castletown/Slieve Bloom	1-10

Laois Minor ‘B’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score	Date
2019	Portlaoise	Jamie Keenan	1-13	Castletown	1-8	October 23rd

Hurling – Under 17

Laois U-17 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1972	Portlaoise		5-8	Durrow	1-0
1976	Portlaoise	Ger Rooney	?	Abbeyleix Camross	?
1982	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1983	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1984	Portlaoise		3-7 2-9(R)	Camross	4-4 2-3(R)
1988	Portlaoise		3-6	Castletown	1-5
1989	Portlaoise		1-12	Ballinakill	1-0
1996	Portlaoise		1-5	Camross	0-2
1998	Portlaoise		4-5	Ballinakill	1-10
2002	Portlaoise		3-9	Clough/Ballacolla	0-7

Hurling – Under 16

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1960	Portlaoise	Ollie Byrne	13-3	Rathdowney	3-1
1962	Portlaoise		3-7	Kyle	2-3
1963	Portlaoise		5-1	St Canices	2-0
1964	Portlaoise		6-3	Pike of Rushall	2-5
1965	Portlaoise		?	Borris-in-Ossorry	?
1966	Portlaoise	Harry Mulhaire	17-8	Mountmellick	0-2
1968	Portlaoise	John McDonald	4-6	Mountmellick	3-4
1973	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1974	Portlaoise		?	Abbeyleix	?
1975	Portlaoise	Francis O’Brien	?	Abbeyleix	?
1978	Portlaoise		6-4	Rathdowney	2-1
1982	Portlaoise		3-12	Kilcotton	1-1
1983	Portlaoise		3-5	St Fintan’s	1-3
1984	Portlaoise		3-9	Harps	3-3
1986	Portlaoise		10-3	Harps	1-2
1987	Portlaoise		9-10	Camross	1-2
1988	Portlaoise		8-9	Kilcotton	2-3
1989	Portlaoise		2-2	Rathdowney	0-4
1992	Portlaoise		4-8	Rathdowney Errill	2-8
1995	Portlaoise		1-9	Camross	1-8
1997	Portlaoise		2-6	Castletown	1-3
2002	Portlaoise		3-9	Clough/Ballacolla	0-7
2003	Portlaoise		0-11 4-9(R)	Kilcotton	1-8 2-8(R)
2014	Portlaoise		6-14	Borris Kilcotton	1-12

Hurling – Under 14

Laois U-14 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1973	Portlaoise		3-5	Abbeyleix	2-3
1974	Portlaoise		2-6	Rathdowney	1-3
1980	Portlaoise		7-10	Clough/Ballacolla	3-1
1981	Portlaoise			Rathdowney	Portlaoise Awarded Final
1984	Portlaoise		6-9	St John’s	4-1
1985	Portlaoise		7-7	Camross	1-1
1986	Portlaoise	Declan Hearns	4-4	Borris-in-Ossory	2-3
1988	Portlaoise		3-1	Harps	1-2
1993	Portlaoise	Diarmuid Mullins	8-12	Borris-in-Ossory	1-0
1995	Portlaoise		2-8	Rathdowney	1-0
1996	Portlaoise		5-2	Ballinakill	2-3
1997	Portlaoise		3-2	The Harps	0-4
2000	Portlaoise		3-6	Rathdowney	1-5
2001	Portlaoise	Darren Murphy	7-10	Clough/Ballacolla	3-1
2004	Portlaoise	Paul Cotter	1-10	Camross	2-4
2008	Portlaoise		7-10	The Harp’s Gaels	2-5
2011	Portlaoise		4-9	Naomh Eamann	0-4
2012	Portlaoise		3-14	Borris Kilcotton	1-5
2014	Portlaoise		6-9	Abbeyleix	2-3

Laois U-14 Féile Hurling Finals

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1976	Portlaoise		?	Rathdowney	?
1980	Portlaoise		?	Rathdowney	?
1981	Portlaoise		?	Rathdowney	?
1984	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1985	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1986	Portlaoise		?	Borris in Ossory	?
1987	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1993	Portlaoise		2-6	Kilcotton/Borris	0-3
1995	Portlaoise		3-7	Castletown	0-0
1996	Portlaoise		?	?	?
2001	Portlaoise		2-7	The Harps	0-2
2003	Portlaoise		?	?	?
2004	Portlaoise	Mark Kavanagh	1-7	Camross	1-2
2008	Portlaoise		?	?	?
2010	Portlaoise		3-4	The Harps	2-3
2011	Portlaoise		2-8	Naomh Eamonn	0-4
2012	Portlaoise		?	?	?

All-Ireland U-14 Féile na nGael Hurling Division 2 (Canon Fogarty Trophy)

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	County	Score
1980	Portlaoise	1-06	Dungarvan	Waterford	0-2
1981	Portlaoise	5-04	Lismore	Waterford	2-0
1993	Portlaoise	3-05	Sarsfields	Galway	0-2
2009	Portlaoise	4-06	Portaferry	Down	1-4
2012	Portlaoise	3-07	St. John’s	Antrim	2-8

Hurling – Under 12

Laois U-12 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
1972	Portlaoise		6-1	Abbeyleix	3-0
1973	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1974	Portlaoise A		?	Portlaoise B	?
1975	Portlaoise		?	Mountrath	?
1979	Portlaoise	4-2	St Fintan’s	Durrow	1-2
1983	Portlaoise		?	?	?
1984	Portlaoise		?	Rosenallis	?
1991	Portlaoise	Thomas Mulligan	2-2	Rathdowney	1-1
1993	Portlaoise	Brian McCormack	1-6	Camross	1-2
2010	Portlaoise	Dylan Feane	2-7	Abbeyleix/Ballypickas	0-5

Laois U-12 ‘C’ Hurling Championship

Year	Winner	Captain	Score	Opponent	Score
2006	Portlaoise ‘B’		4-3	Kyle	1-3
2011	Portlaoise		4-9	Naomh Eamann	0-4

Hurling Honours

Hurling Honours

Hurling – Senior

Laois Senior Hurling Championship 11

Laois Senior ‘A’ Hurling Championship 3

Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship 1

Laois ACHL Div 1 4

Laois Div 1 ‘A’ ACHL Cup 1

Laois ACHL Div 3 1

Leinster Senior Club Finalists 2

Hurling – Intermediate

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2

Hurling – Intermediate – Rovers

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (Rovers) 2

Hurling – Under 21

Laois U-21 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 5

Hurling – Junior

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship 4

Laois Junior ‘C’ Hurling Championship 1

Hurling – Junior – Rovers

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship (Rovers) 1

Hurling – Minor

Laois Minor ‘A’ Hurling Championship 21

Laois Minor ‘B’ Hurling Championship 1

Hurling – Minor – Rovers

Laois Minor Hurling Championship (Rovers) 6

Hurling – Under 17

Laois U-17 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 10

Hurling – Under 16

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 29

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Shield 2

Hurling – Under 15

Laois U-15 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 1

Laois U-15 ‘A’ Hurling League 1

Hurling – Under 14

Laois U-14 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 21

Laois U-14 Féile Hurling Finals 19

All-Ireland U-14 Féile na nGael Hurling Division 2 (Canon Fogarty Trophy) 5

Hurling – Under 12

Laois U-12 ‘A’ Hurling Championship 14

Laois U-12 ‘B’ Hurling Championship 1

Laois U-12 ‘C’ Hurling Championship 2

Hurling – Senior

Laois Senior Hurling Championship

Laois Senior ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Laois ACHL Div 1

Laois Div 1 ‘A’ ACHL Cup

Laois Div 3 ACHL

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championships – Runners Up

Hurling – Intermediate

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

Hurling – Under 21

Laois U-21 ”A’ Hurling Championship

Hurling – Junior

Laois Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Laois Junior ‘C’ Hurling Championship

Hurling – Minor

Laois Minor ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Laois Minor ‘B’ Hurling Championship

Hurling – Under 17

Laois U-17 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Hurling – Under 16

Laois U-16 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Hurling – Under 14

Laois U-14 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Laois U-14 Féile Hurling Finals

All-Ireland U-14 Féile na nGael Hurling Division 2 (Canon Fogarty Trophy)

Hurling – Under 12

Laois U-12 ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Laois U-12 ‘C’ Hurling Championship

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