Laois Senior Football Championship

The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Laois GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Laois. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Laois Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2019 Laois Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Peil Sinsir Laoise
Founded1888
Title holders Portlaoise (35th title)
First winner Ballinakill
Most titles Portlaoise (35 titles)
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre

The current (2019) senior football champions are Portlaoise. The trophy for the Laois SFC is the Jack Delaney Cup.

Top winners
Team Winner Winning Years
1 Portlaoise 35 1889, 1897, 1906, 1907, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Stradbally 17 1905, 1908, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016
3 Graiguecullen 12 1927, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1965
4 Portarlington 12 1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001
5 The Heath 10 1913, 1918, 1920, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1993
6 St Josephs 9 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2000
7 Abbeyleix 8 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1916, 1919
Ballyroan 8 1890, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1992
8 Annanough 5 1924, 1925, 1926, 1951, 1956
9 Park 2 1952, 1953
O'Dempsey's 2 1963, 1980
10 Ballinakill 1 1888
Moyanna 1 1891
Maryborough/ The Heath 1 1892
Wolfhill 1 1896
Raheenabrogue 1 1901
Timahoe 1 1969
Emo 1 1972
Arles-Kilcruise 1 2003
Ballyroan Gaels 1 2006

Roll of honour
Year Winner Opponent
2019[1] Portlaoise 0-14 Killeshin 2-07
2018 Portlaoise 2-16 O'Dempseys 1-13
2017[2] Portlaoise 3-13 Ballylinan 0-10
2016 Stradbally 2-10 Portlaoise 1-12
2015[3] Portlaoise 0-15, 2-13 (R) Emo 2-09, 0-07 (R)
2014[4] Portlaoise 2-14 Arles-Killeen 0-09
2013[5] Portlaoise 2-08 Arles-Killeen 1-08
2012[6] Portlaoise 1-13 Arles-Kilcruise 0-09
2011 Portlaoise 1-12 Graiguecullen 1-06
2010 Portlaoise 1-08 Arles-Kilcruise 0-08
2009 Portlaoise 1-09 Arles-Kilcruise 0-07
2008 Portlaoise 2-14 Timahoe 1-07
2007 Portlaoise 1-14 Stradbally 0-07
2006 Ballyroan Gaels 0-10 Arles-Killeen 0-07
2005 Stradbally 1-10 Portlaoise 1-09
2004 Portlaoise 0-15 Emo 0-06
2003 Arles-Kilcruise 0-08 Stradbally 0-07
2002 Portlaoise 2-11 St Josephs 1-06
2001 Portarlington 0-08, 2-13 (R) Stradbally 0-08, 1-08 (R)
2000 St Josephs 1-13 Portlaoise 1-08
1999 Portlaoise 1-13 St Josephs 1-11
1998 Stradbally 0-08 The Rock 0-05
1997 Stradbally 2-10 Portlaoise 0-10
1996 St Josephs 0-10 Portarlington 1-06
1995 Portarlington 1-10 St Josephs 0-07
1994 St Josephs 1-16 Emo 2-07
1993 The Heath 1-08, 2-17 (R) Ballyroan 1-08, 2-15 (R)
1992 Ballyroan 0-08 St Josephs 0-06
1991 Portlaoise 0-07 Portarlington 0-05
1990 Portlaoise 1-09 Ballyroan 0-08
1989 St Josephs 1-09, 1-08 (R) Stradbally 1-09, 1-07 (R)
1988 Portarlington 1-06 Timahoe 0-08
1987 Portlaoise 3-16 Ballylinan 0-05
1986 Portlaoise 2-09 Emo 1-07
1985 Portlaoise 1-06 Ballyroan 0-07
1984 Portlaoise 0-09, 2-08 (R) Ballyroan 1-06, 1-05 (R)
1983 St Josephs 1-09 O'Dempsey's 1-07
1982 Portlaoise 1-13 Annanough 0-04
1981 Portlaoise 0-12 Graiguecullen 2-05
1980 O'Dempsey's 1-05 Graiguecullen 0-07
1979 Portlaoise 1-10 St Josephs 1-09
1978 [7] St Josephs 3-09 Timahoe 1-05
1977 St Josephs 1-11 O'Dempsey's 1-09
1976 Portlaoise 0-09, 2-10 (R) Graiguecullen 1-06, 0-10 (R)
1975 St Josephs 0-12 Graiguecullen 0-07
1974 The Heath 0-08, 0-09 (R) Emo 0-08, 0-08 (R)
1973 St Josephs 1-07 Timahoe 0-07
1972 Emo 2-11 Graiguecullen 3-04
1971 Portlaoise 1-07 The Heath 0-07
1970 Portlaoise 1-07 St Josephs 0-09
1969 Timahoe 0-12 Portlaoise 0-09
1968 Portlaoise 1-10 Timahoe 1-05
1967 Portlaoise 4-09 Emo 1-07
1966 Portlaoise 0-07, 2-08 (R) O'Dempsey's 0-07, 1-04 (R)
1965 Graiguecullen 1-10 Timahoe 1-08
1964 Portlaoise 1-05 Graiguecullen 0-07
1963 O'Dempsey's 2-05 Portarlington 2-03
1962 The Heath 1-10 Portlaoise 0-03
1961 The Heath 3-06 O'Dempsey's 0-10
1960 The Heath 1-09 Annanough 0-00
1959 Portarlington 2-02 Portlaoise 1-03
1958 [8] The Heath 1-08, 1-04 (R) Portlaoise 2-05, 3-07 (R)
1957 The Heath 1-08 Portarlington 0-05
1956 Annanough 0-14 Park 0-05
1955 Portarlington 1-08 Annanough 0-06
1954 Portarlington 3-06 Annanough 1-02
1953 Park 0-06 Portarlington 0-05
1952 Park 0-05 Ballyroan 0-03
1951 Annanough 3-04 Portarlington 1-03
1950 Ballyroan 1-09 Graiguecullen 2-04
1949 Graiguecullen 3-07 Stradbally 0-03
1948 Ballyroan 2-03, 1-08 (R) Stradbally 1-06, 2-03 (R)
1947 Graiguecullen 1-09 Eoghan Ruadh [9] 1-03
1946 Graiguecullen 4-06 Ballyroan 1-04
1945 Graiguecullen 3-07 Ballyroan 3-05
1944 Graiguecullen 3-07 Annanough 0-07
1943 Ballyroan 0-09 Fleming's Fireclay 1-03
1942 Graiguecullen 2-06 Ballyroan 0-02
1941 Stradbally 2-07 Graiguecullen 3-03
1940 Stradbally 5-03 Graiguecullen 3-03
1939 Graiguecullen 0-07 Stradbally 0-05
1938 Graiguecullen 2-06 Abbeyleix 1-02
1937 Stradbally 3-03 Graiguecullen 1-02
1936 Stradbally 2-10 Graiguecullen 3-05
1935 Graiguecullen 4-01 Abbeyleix 1-05
1934 Stradbally 1-06 Graiguecullen 0-02
1933 Stradbally 3-02 Graiguecullen 1-06
1932 Stradbally 1-08 Portarlington 0-03
1931 Graiguecullen 0-04, 3-07 (R) The Heath 0-04, 0-00
1930 Stradbally 2-05 Graiguecullen 2-03
1929 Stradbally 1-04 Graiguecullen 0-01
1928 Stradbally 1-03 Graiguecullen 1-01
1927 Graiguecullen 1-05 Stradbally 0-00
1926 Annanough 1-02 Abbeyleix 0-00
1925 Annanough 4-02 Ballyroan 0-05
1924 Annanough 1-02 Raheenabrogue 0-01
1923 Portarlington 5-03 Annanough 2-00
1922 Portarlington 3-02 Abbeyleix 1-02
1921 Portarlington 3-08 Abbeyleix 0-03
1920 The Heath 0-02. 5-04 (R) Annanough 0-02, 0-01 (R)
1919 Abbeyleix 2-02 The Heath 0-04
1918 The Heath 1-04, 1-01 (R) Moyanna 2-01, 0-00 (R)
1917 Ballyroan 1-00 Abbeyleix 0-00
1916 Abbeyleix Ballyroan
1915 Ballyroan 0-08 Portarlington 0-00
1914 Ballyroan 1-06 The Heath 0-01
1913 The Heath 2-05 Rathdowney 1-00
1912 Portarlington 0-02 (obj) Stradbally 1-01
1911 Stradbally 2-03 Maryborough 1-02
1910 Portarlington 1-13 O'Moore's Forest 0-04
1909 Abbeyleix 1-10 Rathdowney 1-03
1908 Stradbally 1-13 Portarlington 0-03
1907 Maryborough ?? Rathdowney ??
1906[10] Maryborough 0-8, 0-4 (R) (obj) Raheenabrogue 0-8, 1-3 (R)
1905 Stradbally 1-04 Raheenabrogue 0-03
1904 Abbeyleix 0-05 The Heath 0-04
1903 Abbeyleix ?? Stradbally ??
1902 Abbeyleix 1-03 Raheenabrogue 0-03
1901 Raheenabrogue 0-04 Abbeyleix 0-02
1900
No championship
1899 Abbeyleix 0-04 Raheenabrogue 0-02
1898 [11] Abbeyleix 0-04* Ballyroan 0-04
1897 Maryborough w/o Wolfhill scr
1896 Wolfhill 1-05 Portarlington 1-02
1895
No championship
1894
No championship
1893 Portarlington ?? Maryborough ??
1892 Maryborough/ The Heath 5-05 Ballyroan 0-01
1891 Moyanna 0-04 Portarlington 0-02
1890 Ballyroan 0-03 The Heath 0-02
1889 Maryborough 0-03 Wolfhill 0-02
1888 Ballinakill 0-07 Knock 0-00

Note: The 1889, 1897, 1906 and 1907 titles were won under the name Maryborough, now Portlaoise.

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References
  1. "Laois SFC final: Portlaoise end Killeshin fairytale". Hogan Stand. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Laois SFC final: Normal service restored as Portlaoise prevail by 12 points". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. "Last-gasp Lawlor pegs back Portlaoise in see-saw thriller". Irish Independent. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. "Eight in-a-row for Portlaoise". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. "Fitzpatrick puts Portlaoise in seventh heaven". Irish Independent. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. "Laois SFC final: six-in-a-row for Portlaoise". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  7. Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, September 23, 1978; Page: 22
  8. (Awarded title on objection)
  9. Area team composed of Park and Kilminchy
  10. Portlaoise played in "bright red" in the game. Replay report: Nationalist and Leinster Times 1883-current, Saturday, December 22, 1906; Page: 5
  11. The drawn game was abandoned and Abbeyleix were subsequently awarded the title
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