Abbeyleix GAA
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||||||
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| Nickname: | The Fung | ||||||||||||
| Colours: | Primrose and Blue | ||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Fr Breen Park | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°54′46.26″N 7°21′09.73″W / 52.9128500°N 7.3527028°W | ||||||||||||
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Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. The club grounds are called Fr Breen Park and the club colours are Primrose and Blue.
History[edit]
The club plays at senior level in hurling and has also won eight Laois Senior Football Championship titles, last of which came in 1919.
Hurling is the main game in the club and Abbeyleix holds 8 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, the last of which came in 1949.
In 2006, a number of Abbeyleix players were part of the Ballyroan Gaels squad that won the Laois Senior Football Championship. Ballyroan Gaels was an amalgamation of the two neighbouring clubs, Abbeyleix and Ballyroan.
Abbeyleix won the 2007 Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship and returned to the senior grade in 2008.
Achievements[edit]
- Laois Senior Hurling Championships (8) 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
- Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1) 2022
- Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 2007
Notable players[edit]
- Patrick Lalor
- Eugene Fennelly, hurled for Laois[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Dunne, Aedín (28 March 2021). "Eugene Fennelly – How an Abbeyleix man played a record 200 holes of golf in one day". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "From the Archives – How Abbeyleix man Eugene Fennelly played a record 200 holes of golf in one day". 3 January 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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