Stradbally GAA (Laois)

Stradbally GAA

Sráid Bhaile
Founded:	1889
County:	Laois
Nickname:	Strad, The Little Town
Colours:	Green and white
Grounds:	Bill Delaney Park
Coordinates:	53°00′31.71″N 7°08′44.15″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster champions Laois champions Football: - - 18

Stradbally GAA is a Gaelic football club in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland.

The club was founded in 1889 and its colours are green and white. The club grounds are called Bill Delaney Park after one of the club's most famous sons.

Stradbally GAA Club has won 17 Laois Senior Football Championship titles and numerous other titles at junior, intermediate and underage grades.

After 18 years in existence the championship of 1905 was won when the team defeated Raheenabrogue by 1–4 to 0–3 at Portlaoise on 21 January 1906. 2016 Stradbally bet Portlaoise in the county championship final and stopped their 10 in a row with a last minute goal.

Sean Delaney, Karl Lenihan, Tony Maher, Colm Kelly, Damien Delaney, Colm Begley, Greg Ramsbottom, Paul Begley and Gary Kavanagh are among Stradbally's most famous players in recent times.

Achievements

• Laois Senior Football Championship Winners 1905, 1908, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016[1]
• Laois Intermediate Football Championship (1) 1959
• Laois All-County Football League Div. 1: 1999
• Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (3) 1982, 1983, 2008
• Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (1) 2000
• Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (1) 1999
• Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: (1) 2024

Notable players

• Sean Delaney
• Karl Lenihan
• Tony Maher
• Colm Kelly
• Greg Ramsbottom
• Colm Begley
• Paul Begley
• Gary Kavanagh
• Jody Dillon[2]
• Eoin Buggie[3]
• Tom Shiel, who came off the bench against Clare to kick a point in an All-Ireland Qualifier win when he was 17 years, one of Laois's youngest SFC debutants.[4]
• Gary Comerford[5]

References

1. "Last-gasp Lawlor pegs back Portlaoise in see-saw thriller". Irish Independent. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
2. "Stradbally deny Portlaoise 10-in-a-row". RTÉ.ie. 16 October 2016.
3. "Buggie and Begley see Stradbally sail to the semis". Laois Nationalist. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
4. "Up and Coming: Meet the Stradbally Personal Trainer who turned his own journey into a career". 3 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
5. Croke, Denis J. (28 October 2016). "Jody's wonder strike shatters Portlaoise's dreams". Laois Nationalist. Retrieved 12 November 2022.