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Ballyfin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland.The club colours are green and white. The club grounds are at Cappinrush, beside Ballyfin's Roman Catholic church.
Ballyfin have won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on 3 occasions; in 1970 defeating Ballinakill, in 1985 defeating Clonaslee and most recently in 2006 defeating Colt. Prior to their 1970 win, in 1967 Ballyfin defeated traditional rivals Clonaslee in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship final to gain promotion to the intermediate ranks. In 1972 they made their one and only appearance in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final, losing out to Borris-in-Ossory. In 2005 Ballyfin captured the Laois Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship, defeating Abbeyleix-Ballypickas at O'Moore Park.
Ballyfin, in addition to competing at intermediate level, also field a junior B hurling team. This is courtesy of their 1999 final victory over Ballylinan in the Laois Junior "C" Hurling Championship. Ballyfin also have gaelic football teams and compete in the senior and junior C grades.
Ballyfin's rise in football was started in the late 1980s when the team progressed from division five to division one. In 1995 Ballyfin won the Laois Junior Football Championship beating Ballyroan in the final and again lifted the trophy in 2010 after a narrow win over Spink in the final. In 2001 and 2004, they won the Laois Under 21 "B" Football Championship. In 2008 and 2013 they won the Laois All-County Football League Division 3 title. In 2014, Ballyfin defeated Timahoe in the final to win their first Laois Intermediate Football Championship title and gain senior status in football for the first time in 2015.
Laois senior football player James Finn is a member of the club, as is Oliver Phelan who managed Laois to their 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
BallyfinGAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland.The club colours...
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of Sarsfields or Sarsfields Gaels (Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Kilcavan) "Intermediate Football". Laois GAA. Retrieved 21 December 2023. "County Final Memory:...
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...
title more than once. Portlaoise are the title holders after defeating Ballyfin by 0–19 to 0–10 in the 2023 final. A second tier senior hurling competition...
Retrieved 8 October 2023. McEvoy, Barry (22 October 2023). "Portlaoise defeat Ballyfin to return to the Senior Hurling grade for 2024". Leinster Express. Retrieved...
that play Gaelic games categorised by their governing bodies (GAA provincial council and GAA county). Common abbreviations used in club names are: CC: Camogie...
2023 – Official Launch". Laois GAA website. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023. Egan, Andrew (9 October 2018). "GAA - Trumera strike late to claim...
Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised...
School before later lining out as a student at the Patrician College in Ballyfin. He was a member of the Patrician College team that won the Leinster Colleges'...
Junior C". Laois Today. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020. "Ballyfin finish strong to see off Park-Ratheniska and claim Junior 'C' football...
Spink (1): 1989 Harps (1): 1994 The Rock (1): 1996 Graiguecullen (1): 2007 Ballyfin (1): 2014 Rathdowney 1912... "Clonaslee lead the way on the 2020 intermediate...
county hurling team represents Laois in hurling and is governed by Laois GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in...
final replay at O'Moore Park on 24 October 2015 by 2-13 to 0-7. This was Ballyfin's first year at the senior grade after winning the Laois Intermediate Championship...
the provincial championship. A 6–3 to 3–0 defeat of Patrician College, Ballyfin gave Keher his first Leinster medal. The subsequent All-Ireland decider...
Joseph's CBS, Fairview (1945) and O'Connell School (1946). Patrician College, Ballyfin became the first Laois school to win the title in 1942, while Knockbeg...
football and hurling, defeating Naomh Eamonn in hurling and Mountmellick/Ballyfin in football. They followed this up the following year winning the hurling...
this industry were established at New Mills in Drinagh, Barkmills, near Ballyfin and Anngrove in Irishtown. Initially these mills were powered by water...
played competitive hurling during his schooling at the Patrician College, Ballyfin. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-seven when he...
Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised...
2017 Laois Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the Laois GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County...
2016 Laois Senior Football Championship is the 126th edition of the Laois GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County...
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