Rosenallis Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club is a hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

  club in the village

Village

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 of Rosenallis

Rosenallis

Rosenallis is a village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road....

 in County Laois

County Laois

County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...

, Ireland

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The club colours are green and white. The club amalgamates with the Clonaslee-St.Manmans

Clonaslee-St.Manmans

Clonaslee-St Manmans GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club in Clonaslee, County Laois, Ireland.The club colours are green and white for football and red and white for hurling....

 club to play senior hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 under the name Tinnahinch

Tinnahinch

Tinnahinch GAA was a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland.The club was an amalgamation of Clonaslee-St.Manmans and Rosenallis to play senior hurling under the name Tinnahinch....

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Seamus Dooley and Declan Conroy are two of the club's most famous players, representing Laois at senior hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 level.

Rosenallis has never won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship but has won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the second grade Laois hurling clubs. The winners of the championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship and in turn, go on to the...

twice (in 1989 and 1999).

External links

• Official Rosenallis GAA Club website