Killeshin GAA explained
| Club Gaa: | Killeshin |
| Irish: | Gleann Uisean |
| County: | Laois |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Colours: | Green and White |
| Grounds: | Seamus Hearns Park/Pairc Uisean |
| Founded: | 1921 |
| Coordinates: | 52.8545°N -6.9979°W |
| Pattern B: | _whiterightsash |
| Leftarm: | 28AE7B |
| Body: | 28AE7B |
| Rightarm: | 28AE7B |
| Shorts: | FFFFFF |
| Socks: | 28AE7B |
Killeshin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association football club in the village of Killeshin, County Laois, Ireland.
The club colours are green and white and the club grounds, which are near the Laois/Carlow border, are called Seamus Hearns Park/Pairc Uisean. In 2019, Killeshin reached their first-ever Senior County final.
Killeshin have never won the Laois Senior Football Championship title but they have won the Laois Intermediate Football Championship four times (1958, 1974, 1993 and 2011) and the Laois Junior Football Championship four times (1957, 1969, 1981 and 2008).
The club won season four of RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoir in 2011, with ex-Ireland soccer star Tony Cascarino as their manager.[1] [2]
Achievements
- Laois Intermediate Football Championship: (4) 1958, 1974, 1993, 2011[3]
- Laois Junior Football Championships (4) 1957, 1969, 1981, 2008
- Laois All-County Football League Division 2: (2) 1986, 2013
- Laois All-County Football League Division 3: (5) 1979, 1980, 1981, 2006, 2011
- Laois All-County Football League Division 4: (2) 2013, 2015
- Laois All-County Football League Division 5: (1) 2011
Notable players
Notes and References
- http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1107/celebritybainisteoir.html "Cascarino wins Celebrity Bainisteoir"
- Butler, Laura. "Soccer star Tony wins Celeb Bainisteoir title" . Evening Herald. 7 November 2011.
- Web site: Down Memory Lane Podcast: Killeshin’s Celebrity Bainisteoir adventure in 2011. Laois Today. 7 March 2021. 10 November 2022. On our latest Down Memory Lane Podcast, we’ve gone back to 2011 to remember the incredible season enjoyed by the Killeshin footballers. They won the intermediate championship for the first time in 18 years....
- News: Attride blow for Laois. Hogan Stand. 25 October 2019.
- https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/eoin-lowry-hits-late-goal-as-impressive-laois-secure-place-in-round-three-of-the-qualifiers-38243857.html
- https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/lowry-plays-captains-role-as-laois-u-21s-power-past-louth-34483672.html
