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Laois pissed its so called golden generation through the cracks, tipp got further on the back of one all ireland win than we did in the 4 years or so we flirted with the eliete... cb still a sense of delusion that were good

That golden generation pissed a fair bit away as they'll admit themselves. But its good to know Offaly men were watching.

I reckon he's closer to home than you think 

Gracefield?

No, he seems to be very well acquainted with the Junior Hurling scene in Laois over the past 10-15 years!
Far too well acquainted for a Roscrea player!

Certainly not an offaly man, and played for roscrea but live in laois since i was 13, 37 years old now and iv always followed laois hurling as i jave relatives that play for rathdowney errill, kyle and ballacolla, i wasnt being nasty when i said that about Laois football i remember seeing billy sheehan and padraic clancy mangled drunk in club 23 during championship season in portlaoise about 10-11 yeara ago and thinking to myself why the hell are you doing this?

Another question... how does the system work in Laois exactly, you play in the parish you live in and that's pretty much it?

Thanks lads!

Oh its fairly flexible, basically you can play with anyone as long as the club you are leaving agrees, if the club you are leaving objects then you would need to have an address near the club you wish to play with which has been fiddled a few times, what county is it you play in?

Thanks for all the replies!

@tcrilly often wondered about that pitch around killavilla, didn't realise there was an actual club!

Yeah but even as an amalgamated club they struggle to field a team now the way things are gone

Hi

I played hurling for the first time in years this year but outside Laois. I'm back in Laois and would prefer to play here. This year I was just playing as a junior sub more or less making up the numbers so they could field a team/have a sub which suited me as I have a huge commitment to another sport too.

For a couple of reasons I don't particularly want to play at home, mainly because they have plenty of players and wouldn't have much use for an extra body. I'd kinda like to find a club where having an extra body would be of some use!

Would I have any options for finding some club where I could just be a useful sub or is that totally unrealistic given rules etc.?

I could hurl outside Laois again but it's a lot of driving!

Thanks

Hello and welcome to the laois forum, the small clubs in laois and tipp that sound like your best needs would be kyle gaa(4 mins from roscrea town) knock gaa(small junior club that play in clonmore for home and training) killavilla(3 mins from roacrea although joined with ballyskeneach) and the clubs iv mentioned are hurling clubs on the tipp border,offaly laois border and tipperary mid division which is knock gaa, these clubs have been struggling with numbers for years but if you need any more info pm me or add as friend and i will gladly advise as best i can, watch out for keyser soze here, turns most threads into a "im better than you and know it all kind of guy but the rest of the people here are respectful

Laois pissed its so called golden generation through the cracks, tipp got further on the back of one all ireland win than we did in the 4 years or so we flirted with the eliete... cb still a sense of delusion that were good

Knock always have had a good few very serious hurlers such as John Carroll and his brother's and the Flynns.  They allow them hurl senior with Roscrea without a row in the club and  most of them return to Knock  at the end of their Senior Hurling.

Yeah they have a bloody huge catchment area and never stop anyone going to or from the club which is decent

Errill won 2-6 1-6.

Was at it, hard to watch but nice for errill to win

Kyle/knock was going on for a few years now, came close a few years ago apparently but they were going to hurl in laois because they reckoned they would make a bigger impact, wonder is a cross county amalgamation been done or even possible?

The biggest impact they could hope for is being a good junior a team as kyle were never too bad but never had enough "good" hurlers, remember playing against them about 15 years ago and we were all thinking how gearoid walsh was wasting his talent there

I wasnt thinking senior challengers, but stable inter team a ratheniska clonad type, again i know very little about knock team

Yeah i understand, in small rural parishs the main thing should be securing the hurling clubs at whatever level because its sure gettig harder to compete at their own respective levels, rosenallis have bounced back great and with a young team

Kyle/knock was going on for a few years now, came close a few years ago apparently but they were going to hurl in laois because they reckoned they would make a bigger impact, wonder is a cross county amalgamation been done or even possible?

The biggest impact they could hope for is being a good junior a team as kyle were never too bad but never had enough "good" hurlers, remember playing against them about 15 years ago and we were all thinking how gearoid walsh was wasting his talent there

Kyle/knock was going on for a few years now, came close a few years ago apparently but they were going to hurl in laois because they reckoned they would make a bigger impact, wonder is a cross county amalgamation been done or even possible?

I would say that whichever club was moving would have to disband. The other club would then have to change their name to incorporate the other club. The players would then need to get intercounty transfers from the disbanded club to the newly renamed club!

Apparently it came really close last year and i would of thought the same as yourself keyser but according to the knock secretary i spoke to he said it was fairly straight forward and the tipp county board said they could use kyle pitch for home games as knock didnt have their own field, when they won a senior in 52 there was a stricter parish rule at the time and the knock guys living in tipp had to play with kyle. As for moneygall as someone else mentioned i never realised that they played in offaly before but never researched their history, all i knew was moneygall has both offaly and tipp borders

You mean nobody wants to hear the truth I'm just saying what I'm seeing in my own club in particular . How is it Tripe ?

There are aspects to what you say are true, drink is a problem in smaller clubs, and lack of numbers in training and the playing guys that dont train etc, then as iv seen countless times the manager gets the blame instead of the fact they were running after guys with their tongue out, representing your county is a huge honor and it certainly is a young mans/ladies game and those who dont take nutrition and conditioning serious on their own part ahould be swiftly reminded there is someone hungrier for success than they are

Right so we have had

Clonad/Colt/Shanahoe Juvenile
The Heath/Emo
The Heath/Timahoe
Timahoe/Ballypickas
Emo/Mountmellick
Slieve Bloom/Ballinakill
Slieve Bloom/Castletown

I've probably missed a few too.
Have any of these happened or look like happening?

Colt/trumera was another high stool story as was kyle/knock with kyle to hurl in tipp which didnt happen but was discussed at meetigs on both sides

They could and should introduce a bye law that gives lads in this situation au automatic right to play senior football. Not just with anyone; only with their Senior partner at juvenile level, or, with the Parish Senior club. Think of the doors that would open up. For instance, I think it's inevitable that one of the Arles sides will be relegated in the next few years, but with such a rule, their players could play with Ballylinan. Lads in Timahoe or Annanough could play for Stradbally and so on. They would be doing no more than what they already do at underage; a natural and logical progression

Byelaws can't contravene the Official Guide. We have problems with that sort of thing in the past!

Laois cannot just decide that it is ok for a Timahoe player to line out with Stradbally at Senior and Timahoe at junior.

And that's not what I'm asking here!

Like what camross did for darren gilmartin lol

It does look like that is what happened. But how do you stop that?

Literally not possible to stop off the top of my head as once the paperwork is gone through its old news to everyone involved, Joey Coogan had similar difficulty getting a transfer from Trumera to Mountrath years ago as too as Trumera would not sanction the transfer, but he eventually returned to Trumera, Small clubs face troubling times as can be seen with all these gaels and failed amalgamations...happy christmas by the way

Very sad to hear of the passing of young Dinny Cahill of the Ratheneskia Gaa club.

Dinny was a very promising hurler and had represented and captained Laois all all grades on the way up including being on the minor panel that reached the leinster final a few years back despite being only 16 at the time.

He was also very decent at football and was one of Ratheniska's star young players in both codes.

Thoughts go out to his family who only recently had to deal with the loss of his grandad Martin Cahill another great Laois Gaa man.

Rest in Peace Dinny !

Rip

Just wondering what lads think the CB should be doing?
If I apply for a transfer to Abbeyleix and I go to the transfer meeting armed with a phone bill and a bank statement with an address in Abbeyleix, what steps do ye think the CB should take from there?
Are we talking private detectives?

Like what camross did for darren gilmartin lol