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(the land of the bog beside the river)
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 / 53.1037667°N 7.3039306°W / 53.1037667; -7.3039306
Playing kits
Standard colours

Mountmellick Hurlers

Mountmellick Footballers Jersey

Clubhouse, Ballwall and pitches

Mountmellick Clubhouse

Mountmellick hurling Jersey Presentation

Mountmellick Hurling jersey

Neighbouring clubs are 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.^{[citation needed]} They are the only hurling club in the Mountmellick parish.^{[citation needed]}

History

In 2006, Mountmellick won, at the expense of Annanough GAA, the Laois Intermediate Football Championship for the second time, bridging a 38-year gap.^[1] The first IFC title was won in 1968.^[2]

Mountmellick has won the Laois Junior Football Championship five times^[3] 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^[4] with five wins in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship^[5] 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.^{[citation needed]}

In recent years they came close to promotion in hurling and football.
In football they reached finals (2021, 2022), losing from Park–Ratheniska GAA.^[6][7]

In 2022 they lost the hurling final from Clough–Ballacolla GAA.^[8]

Grounds

Smith Field^[9] is a former playingfield of Mountmellick GAA. It was bought together with the soccer and athletics club.^{[citation needed]}

Their original pitch was on the Tullamore road past Graigue cemetery in the field beside Graigue house.^[10]

Notable players

• John O'Loughlin
• 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 Under-20 B Football Championship	2023
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
2023-2024	Colm Coss
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
2022-2024	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. Reporter, LaoisToday (26 October 2021). "County Final Memory: Mountmellick come of age in 2006 to claim intermediate football honours". Laois Today. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. "Intermediate Football". Laois GAA. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. "Junior A Football". Laois GAA. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
4. "Laois GAA Official Website". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
5. "Laois GAA Official Website". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
6. Miller, Steven (29 October 2021). "Mountmellick and Park-Ratheniska do battle for intermediate football honours". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
7. Miller, Steven (9 September 2022). "Holland leads the way as The Heath see off Mountmellick to book Laois IFC final place". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
8. Hartnett, Alan (1 October 2022). "Rafter leads the way as Clough-Ballacolla see off Mountmellick challenge for Intermediate glory". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
9. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
10. "Graigue House · Graigue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, Ireland". Graigue House · Graigue, Mountmellick, Co. Laois, Ireland. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

External links

• https://laoisgaa.ie/