Laois Junior Hurling Championship Explained

Laois Junior Hurling Championship
Trophy:	Fr Phelan Cup
Sponsors:	Laois Shopping Centre
Irish:	Craobh Iomáint Sóisir Laoise
Currentordinal:	3
Super:	th
Most:	Ballypickas GAA
Mostordinal:	8
Current:	Ballypickas GAA

The Laois Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by lower-tier Laois GAA clubs. Ballypickas are the 2021 champions, defeating near-neighbours Abbeyleix in the final. As of then, they and Camross have won the most (8).

Junior A

The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Phelan Cup.^[1]

The winners of the Laois Junior Championship qualify to represent thecounty in the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship. They often do well there, with the likes of Ballyfin (2011) getting to a Leinster Final after winning the Laois Junior Hurling Championship but Kilkenny GAA club St Patrick's beat them on their way to the All-Ireland title.^[2] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

(r) = replay

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934	Derrydavey	2-03	Clonad	1-01
1935	Mountmellick	2-07	Rapla	2-01
1936	Ballypickas	8-03	Clonkeen	1-01
1937	Ballacolla	8-06	Portarlington	0-01
1938	Rathdowney	5-04	Rovers (Portlaoise)	4-06
1939	Borris-in-Ossory	3-07	Abbeyleix	4-02
1940	Rovers	6-03	Rathdowney	1-02
1941	Mountmellick	4-02	Ballinakil	1-03
1942	Rovers	4-02	Kyle	1-02
1943	Castletown	3-01	Raheen	2-02
1944	Kyle	2-03	Clonin	1-03
1945	Blandsford (Ballypickas)	6-04	Camross	0-04
1946	Cappamore	4-02	Portarlington	2-00
1947	Slieve Bloom	11-03	Clonad	1-00
1948	Shanahoe	1-03, 3-03 (r), 4-05 (2r)	Clonad	0-06, 2-06 (r), 3-05 (2r)
1949	St Canice's	6-01	Durrow	3-02
1950	Ballacolla	3-01	Killenure	1-01
1951	Abbeyleix	2-08	Mountmellick	1-03
1952	Borris-in-Ossory	5-06	Mountmellick	0-03
1953*	Cullohill	2-03	Killenure	5-04
1954	Rathdowney	4-03	Ballypickas	1-05
1955	Ballypickas	5-04	Errill	2-01
1956	Durrow	5-12	Mountmellick	6-05
1957	Camross	4-02	St Fintan's, Colt	3-03
1958	Park–Ratheniska	2-07	Derrylamogue	3-00
1959	St Fintan's, Colt	1-01	Mountmellick	3-06
1960	St Fintan's, Mountrath	4-07	Portarlington	3-06
1961	Mountmellick	4-09	Ballypickas	2-03
1962	Kilcotton	8-09	Mountmellick	2-02
1963	Ballypickas^[3]	6-10	Portlaoise	5-03
1964	Camross	2-10	Rosenallis	4-02
1965	Portlaoise	4-03	Camross	2-05
1966	St Conleth's	2-07	Ballinakill	1-02
1967	Ballyfin	5-04	Clonaslee	0-11
1968	Clonaslee	4-06	Ballypickas	0-02
1969	Ballinakill	2-07	Kyle	0-05
1970	Borris-in-Ossory	2-09	Timahoe	1-03
1971	Park–Ratheniska	6-10	St Fintan's, Mountrath	1-01
1972	Camross	4-03	Ballinakill	1-08
1973	Durrow	4-10	Errill	0-08
1974	Castletown	5-05	Cannonswood	4-06
1975	Rathdowney	2-11	Cannonswood	2-03
1976^[4]	Abbeyleix	4-08	Errill	3-06
1977	Kyle	5-07	Rosenallis	3-05
1978	Clonaslee–St Manman's	0-07	Milltown	0-06
1979	Milltown	3-09	Timahoe	0-05
1980	Clough–Ballacolla	2-11	Timahoe	1-08
1981	Camross	2-08	Timahoe	0-07
1982	Kilcotton	0-13	Durrow	3-02
1983	Slieve Bloom	4-06	Ballypickas	1-10
1984	The Harps	3-06	Timahoe	3-05
1985	Ballypickas	2-05	Portlaoise	1-05
1986	Rosenallis	3-15	St Fintan's, Mountrath	3-06
1987	Portlaoise	3-12	Timahoe	1-07
1988	Camross	2-08	St Fintan's, Mountrath	0-08
1989	St Fintan's, Mountrath	1-05	Clough–Ballacolla	0-07
1990	Clough–Ballacolla	0-11	Timahoe	1-06
1991	The Harps	1-08, 3-07 (r)	Shanahoe	0-11, 1-08 (r)
1992	Castletown	1-22	Shanahoe	1-06
1993	Portlaoise	1-09, 2-13 (r), 3-11 (2r)	Ballypickas	2-06, 2-13 (r), 3-08 (2r)
1994^[5]	Ballypickas	1-07	Kyle	0-05
1995	The Harps	1-09	Camross	1-06
1996	St Fintan's, Colt	1-04, 3-09 (r)	Trumera	1-04, 1-06 (r)
1997	Trumera	2-14	Shanahoe	2-07
1998	Castletown	5-05	Kyle	0-03
1999	Shanahoe	4-07	Ballypickas	0-06
2000	Timahoe	2-08	The Harps	0-06
2001	Mountmellick	4-14	Ballypickas	0-06
2002	Rathdowney	2-11	Kyle	0-11
2003	Camross	2-09	Ballypickas	0-05
2004	Rosenallis	1-10	Park–Ratheniska	0-10
2005	The Harps	3-09	Park–Ratheniska	2-08
2006	Kyle	0-16	Camross	1-10
2007	Clough–Ballacolla	1-14	Park–Ratheniska	2-08
2008	Camross	4-11	Timahoe	0-07
2009	Kyle	1-15	Timahoe	0-11
2010	Trumera	4-11	Timahoe	1-13
2011	Park–Ratheniska	2-14	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	0-03
2012	Timahoe	1-14. 0-16 (r)	Ballypickas	1-11, 1-10 (r)
2013	Portlaoise	1-14	Clough–Ballacolla	0-08
2014	Camross	1-11	Kyle	0-11
2015	Clough–Ballacolla	2-14	Castletown	2-13
2016	Slieve Bloom	2-24	Rathdowney–Errill	2-06
2017	Ballypickas^[6]	2-10	Rathdowney–Errill	2-09
2018	Mountmellick	1-15	Castletown	0-10
2019	Park–Ratheniska–Timahoe	4-11	The Harps	2-11
2020	The Harps	1-16	Portlaoise	1-12
2021^[7]		3-11	Abbeyleix	2-09

Junior B

Laois Junior B Hurling Championship
First:	1974
Firstwin:	Rathdowney
Sponsors:	Lifestyle Furniture
Irish:	Craobh Iomáint Sóisir B Laoise
Trophy:	Eamon MacCluskey Cup
Current:	Kyle
Currentordinal:	2
Super:	rd
Most:	Camross
Mostordinal:	5

The Laois Junior B Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by fourth grade Laois GAA clubs.

The trophy presented to the winners is the Eamon MacCluskey Cup.

List of finals

(r) = replay

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1974	Rathdowney	5-06	Slieve Bloom	0-14
1975	Ballyfin	2-10	Durrow	3-03
1976	Timahoe	3-05	Kyle	2-07
1977	No competition
1978	No competition
1979	No competition
1980	No competition
1981	No competition
1982	No competition
1983	Borris-in-Ossory	3-13	Cullohill	2-04
1984	Rosenallis	1-14	Abbeyleix	1-06
1985	Clonaslee–St Manman's	1-10	Clonad	1-07
1986	Miltown	1-09	Kyle	0-06
1987	Park–Ratheniska	4-01	Castletown	2-10
1988	Camross	3-05	Borris-in-Ossory	1-06
1989	Camross	3-06	Rathdowney	0-06
1990	Castletown	2-10	Mountmellick	2-05
1991	Trumera	3-18	Errill	3-07
1992	The Harps	3-04	Rathdowney	1-07
1993	Kyle	2-11	Park–Ratheniska	2-02
1994	Camross	1-07	Rathdowney	1-04
1995	Rathdowney	2-04	Borris-in-Ossory	1-05
1996	Castletown	2-09	Slieve Bloom	1-06
1997	Borris-in-Ossory	3-10	Slieve Bloom	1-10
1998	Mountmellick	2-08, 2-07 (r)	Clonad	2-08, 0-08 (r)
1999	Slieve Bloom	2-04	Castletown	0-07
2000	Clonad	3-07	Camross	1-12
2001	Camross	1-12	Clonaslee–St Manman's	0-09
2002	Clonaslee–St Manman's	2-16	Portlaoise	2-05
2003		3-07	Ballyfin	1-08
2004	Clough–Ballacolla	1-09, 1-12 (r)	Ballyfin	2-06, 0-07 (r)
2005	Kilcotton	1-11	Ballyfin	1-08
2006	Borris-in-Ossory	1-08	Abbeyleix	0-02
2007	Ballypickas	2-07	The Harps	0-12
2008	The Harps	3-11	Camross	0-17
2009	Abbeyleix	2-18	Ballyfin	1-13
2010	Ballinakill	3-05	Colt	1-09
2011	Camross	4-11	Rathdowney–Errill	1-17
2012	Mountmellick	3-11, 1-11 (r)	Camross	1-17, 0-12 (r)
2013	Castletown/Slieve Bloom	2-12	Abbeyleix	1-10
2014	The Harps	2-12	Rathdowney–Errill	1-13
2015	Abbeyleix	3-11	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	0-12
2016	Camross	1-13	Kyle	0-15
2017	Mountmellick	4-18	Camross	1-09
2018	Kyle	0-15	Camross	1-11
2019	St Fintan's, Mountrath
2020
2021
2022

Junior C

Laois Junior C Hurling Championship
First:	1994
Sponsors:	Lifestyle Furniture
Irish:	Craobh Iomáint Sóisir C Laoise
Current:	The Harps
Currentordinal:	1
Super:	st
Mostordinal:	2

The Laois Junior C Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by fifth grade Laois GAA clubs. The Harps are the title holders (2022) defeating Park–Ratheniska–Timahoe in the Final.

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1994	Graiguecullen		Kilcotton
1995	Kilcotton		St Fintan's, Colt
1996	St Fintan's, Colt		Ballylinan
1997	Castletown		Trumera
1998	Trumera		Ballylinan
1999	Ballyfin		Ballylinan
2000	Ballylinan		Park–Ratheniska
2001	Kilcotton		Park–Ratheniska
2002	Park–Ratheniska		Arles–Killeen
2003	Arles–Killeen		Timahoe
2004	Abbeyleix		Timahoe
2005	The Harps		Shanahoe
2006	Camross		Ballylinan
2007	Ballypickas		St Fintan's, Colt
2008	St Fintan's, Colt		The Harps
2009	Ballinakill	2-06	Rathdowney–Errill	0-10
2010	Rathdowney–Errill	2-19	Ballylinan	4-07
2011	The Harps	3-09	Portlaoise	2-07
2012	Clonaslee	3-08	Ballylinan	1-10
2013^[8] ^[9]	Rathdowney-Errill	2-14	Rosenallis	1-10
2014	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton		Mountmellick
2015	Castletown	1-21	Shanahoe	1-10
2016	Camross	1-10	Slieve Margy	0-06
2017	Mountmellick	2-06	Rosenallis	1-08
2018	Portlaoise
2019
2020
2021
2022^[10]	The Harps	3-19	Park–Ratheniska–Timahoe	4-13

External links

• Official Laois GAA Website
• Laois on Hoganstand
• Roll of Honour

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past players meet present captains as junior hurling final countdown begins. Laois Nationalist. 9 October 2021. 12 November 2022. Eugene Fennelly was vice-captain when Abbeyleix won the Fr Phelan cup for the only time in 1976, while Tom Cahill and PJ Cahill were on the Ballypickas team that became the first holders of the Fr Phelan cup in 1963..
2. http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ballyragget-bag-title-after-titanic-charleville-tussle-183648.html "All Ireland club JHC final: Ballyragget come out on top"
3. Web site: Past players meet present captains as junior hurling final countdown begins. Laois Nationalist. 9 October 2021. 12 November 2022. Eugene Fennelly was vice-captain when Abbeyleix won the Fr Phelan cup for the only time in 1976, while Tom Cahill and PJ Cahill were on the Ballypickas team that became the first holders of the Fr Phelan cup in 1963..
4. Web site: Past players meet present captains as junior hurling final countdown begins. Laois Nationalist. 9 October 2021. 12 November 2022. Eugene Fennelly was vice-captain when Abbeyleix won the Fr Phelan cup for the only time in 1976, while Tom Cahill and PJ Cahill were on the Ballypickas team that became the first holders of the Fr Phelan cup in 1963..
5. Web site: County Final Memory: Ballypickas claim junior hurling honours in 1994. 11 April 2021. 12 November 2022.
6. Web site: Joyous celebrations as Ballypickas claim Laois junior hurling honours once again. 24 October 2021. 12 November 2022. It's the second time since 2017 that Ballypickas have won....
7. Web site: Joyous celebrations as Ballypickas claim Laois junior hurling honours once again. 24 October 2021. 12 November 2022.
8. News: Gray day for Rosenallis . 23 August 2013 . . 23 August 2013.
9. News: Rathdowney-Errill lift cup after second-half fightback . 13 August 2013 . . 13 August 2013.
10. Web site: Guilfoyle heroics see The Harps produce stunning comeback and defeat PRT to win Junior C after extra time. 1 October 2022. 12 November 2022. Barry. McEvoy.