Mountmellick GAA

Mountmellick GAA (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Móinteach Milic) is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football and Hurling club in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland.

Mountmellick GAA
Móinteach Milic
Founded:1900
County:Laois
Nickname:The Valley
Colours:Blue and white
Grounds:Pairc Acragar
Coordinates:53°06′13.56″N 7°18′14.15″W
Playing kits
Standard colours

Mountmellick GAA is bordered by neighbouring clubs, The Rock, Kilcavan, Ballyfin and Rosenallis.

At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Mountmellick field football teams at Intermediate and junior B. They field hurling teams at Intermediate and Junior B.

In recent years juvenile football and hurling affairs have been catered for by the Sarsfields(Football) and Na Fianna(Hurling) amalgamations, an amalgamation with neighbouring club, Ballyfin

History

In 2006, Mountmellick bridged a 38-year gap to win the Laois Intermediate Football Championship for just the second time ever, beating Annanough in the final. The first IFC title was won in 1968.

Mountmellick has won the Laois Junior Football Championship five times and the Laois Minor Football Championship twice, in 1975 and 1977.

Mountmellick has also won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on one occasion in 1967 with five wins in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship also to their credit. Mountmellick are the only Laois club to have won both Junior titles in the one year (1941). They also came very close to winning both intermediate titles in one year (1967), winning the hurling and losing the football to Arles in a replay.

County players

Numerous Mountmellick footballers and hurlers have represented Laois senior and underage county teams over the years. Listed below are just some of the well known ones.

  • Shane Conlon
  • Gearoid Hanrahan[1]
  • Des Houlihan
  • Ivor Houlihan
  • Declan O'Loughlin, #15 in Laois's first Leinster final appearance for 13 years in 1981, aged 22[2]
  • John O'Loughlin
  • PJ Payne
  • Danny Reddin, #7 in Laois's first Leinster final appearance for 13 years in 1981, aged 26[3]
  • Ger Reddin
  • Donie O'Mahoney
  • Donnacha Hartnett

Championship honours

Football
Competition Years Won
Laois Intermediate Football Championship 1968, 2006
Laois Junior Football Championships 1921, 1929, 1941, 1966, 1972
Laois Junior B Football Championship 1973, 2006
Laois Under-21 Football Championship 1996, 2012*, 2014*
Laois Minor Football Championship 1975, 1977

* Denotes as part of Sarsfields or Sarsfields Gaels (Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Kilcavan)

Hurling
Competition Years Won
Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 1967
Laois Junior Hurling Championship 1930, 1935, 1941, 1961, 2001, 2018
Laois Junior B Hurling Championship 2012, 2017
Laois Junior C Hurling Championship 2017
Laois Minor Hurling Championship 1966, 2014

Managers

Football
Year(s) Name
2021 - 2022 Gordon Lalor
2020 Paddy Marsh
2018 - 2019 Alan George
2016 - 2017 Donie O'Mahoney
2015 Derek Conroy
2014 Michael Broder
2013 Darren Young
2012 Nicholas Egan

Hurling
Years Name
2022 Damien Carter
2021 James Young
2020 Fergal Cuddy
2019 Matty Mahon
2017- 2018 Chris Hartnett
2016 Aidan Challoner
2015 Fergal Cuddy
2011 - 2014 Sean Dunne

References
  1. "Five Debutants On Laois Team". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022. The team is: Nial Corbett (Clonaslee) in goal Adam Campion (St Joseph's) Gearoid Hanrahan (Mountmellick} and Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen) in the full back line
  2. Miller, Steven (17 June 2018). "Leinster Final Memory: Rising Offaly get the better of Laois in 1981". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. Miller, Steven (17 June 2018). "Leinster Final Memory: Rising Offaly get the better of Laois in 1981". Retrieved 12 November 2022.


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