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[29/04/1923. We won 6-3 4-3]

When did we last beat Offaly in Tullamore in hurling championship?

29/04/1923. We won 6-3 4-3. However, we beat them in Birr in 1965, 1953, 1949, 1940, 1938, 1934 & 1932.

We also beat them in 1908, but I don't know where.

In fairness it is the best outcome for Laois. If we manage to beat Offaly, our nearest and dearest rivals, in Tullamore it will be great preparation for the semi final. We will have to raise our game for them and it would be good to get some consistency so beating Offaly for a second year in a row would lay down a marker.
Laois have to start getting victories particularly at grounds like Tullamore if we're going to improve and become more than a 'home' team. The last decent win in O'Connor Park in either code, that I remember is the replay win for the footballers in 2003.

When did we last beat Offaly in Tullamore in hurling championship?

Wasn't that replay in Portlaoise?

Right this is a load of bull that has been put out there.  O Moore Park could not have been a venue for this game the other 3 1/4 finals were being played at neutral venues so this also would have to be.  O Connor Park is prob the only alternative so from that point of view this is a non issue.  County Board has not bothered to explain this well and it's been put out there that O Moore Park was a possibility for this to be the case the Leinster Council would have to make an exception which I don't think they are in the habit of.  Also Mick Lillis, John Strong & Kieran Kelly are decent people and I don't doubt the players are trying but on Sunday morning we will be facing the reality of this year.  I hope Laois win but in fairness most here are holding out for a decent performance and some sort of run in the qualifiers.  While Lillis has to take the blame for a bad year what has happened to Laois has taken 3 years.

Cast your memory back over the decades. Has there ever been a situation in Leinster where a Quarter Final was played in the home county of one of the participants? In the entire history of the GAA in this province, surely its happened? Even despite the other quarter finals being in neutral venues? Can you remember any instance?e

Apart from Dublin in Croke Park

2007 Laois v Carlow, OMP
2003 Laois v Offaly (twice), OMP
2002 Offaly v Laois, OCP
1995 Laois v Carlow (twice), OMP

Laois have played 15 home quarter-finals, including any refixtures and replays. They've played a total of 23 away matches.

Supposedly Dublin have had a training session and a trail match down in nowlan park and are about to
go into a 4 day training camps somewhere ..

Just goes to show that it really is amateurs against professionals. Not just Laois but all counties except Dublin. 4 day training camp - they must all have very understanding employers.....

Or no employers, in some cases, from what I hear.

Any news from the hearing?

Does caring & loving Laois Football make you actually good for Laois Football.  Because seems at times to be a defence for stating the obvious.  I am sure Mick Lillis, John Strong & Ciaran Kelly are decent men who care a lot about Laois Football but they are still doing a bad job.   We do have to separate the two.

Absolutely. There are decent ways to say it, but someone who gives his free time for club or county should be measured on the job he's doing, but not to have that used as a stick to beat him.

If this is true about Shane Curran, then surely it's another indication that Cunningham is calling all the shots now.

Not necessarily. I'm sure Jim Gavin is getting a lot of good advice from his backroom team, that he mightn't necessarily have come up with.

It would probably suit Carlow a lot more to simply concentrate on hurling, given their geography and population. Whatever we have to complain about, their's was only 55,000 in 2011. 27,000 less than ours.

They should pay as much heed to football as Kilkenny and become a hurling county, tucked in between Wexford and Kilkenny.

€1500 is many ways the starting point. If I'm not mistaken, the DRA is like the courts where a party could get caught for costs if they lose. On a strict interpretation of the rule, Portlaoise shouldn't win but I know of a prominent Portlaoise member  who likes to remind ordinary mortals that Portlaoise don't lose DRA cases.  The reality is that a razor sharp legal mind could drive a bus through the official guide and local byelaws. Over the years, our local Co Board has often tried to use its discretion in granting contentious transfers in what look like hardship cases. While this is well meaning, the problem with discretion is that it leads to precedent and precedent is what is used by the lawyers to undermine the decisions made. I imagine if Portlaoise win, we might as well throw out the byelaws which were approved by Croke Park in the first instance.

Are the results published? Are decisions made on the night of the case?

The person in question seeking to transfer from Park Ratheniska to Portlaoise. The person in question already has a sibling in the Portlaoise club. Person looking for transfer hasn't  played with club they're transferring from for over a year to my knowledge. Went to school in area when younger. I hope that's all correct. Don't want to name names on this thread.
Unfortunate situation for the person

Thanks. Yeah, no names required.

What's the basis of their argument? Anyone know?

How likely are they to win?

This is not about Portlaoise bashing. When they were on 4/5 in a row, people were saying that it was up to the rest of the county to catch up with them. Now that that's happening, Portlaoise are crying the poor mouth and going about this in a ugly way?

Competitive club scene? Screw that! We want 20-in-a-row!!!!

Going to DRA costs money, does it not? It's good to see that Portlaoise rid themselves of (most of) their onerous debt so they could plough their funds into legal costs to allow them to pillage other clubs. There is a difference between legally correct and justice. Let's hope the two align in this case.

On that point, don't Rathdowney and Errill put in their own football teams?

This is Portlaoise spotting that they have a problem, now, at underage. The simple fact is that they're not winning - AT ANY AGE - and what's going to feed to their adult teams are young lads who are used to losing.

For Portlaoise to go to the DRA is unreal for a club with access to 25% of the county's population, but there you are. Don't let fair-play stand in the way of success. They've spotted a gap and they're plugging it. If the CB was as proactive, county would be a whole lot better off.

I hope the DRA find against them - for the greater good.

If Portlaoise is to be divided, there needs to be a line drawn and the new club would have to be able to draw from it's distinct pool. Existing adult players would will wash through in 10 years. Then this new club would put it's mark on the town.

Kilminchy didn't work because it wasn't supported enough, I reckon.

Portlaoise have gone out to the country and a new club in the town could reap some rewards now. The thing is, would Portlaoise set up a training ground near the new club like they did at St Fintan's around the time of Kilminchy?

All this change though, with this County Board? I don't think so. Too much paperwork.