John Madigan is a Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 player from Laois

County Laois

County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...

 in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

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At club level, John usually lines out at centre half back with Ballyroan Abbey

Ballyroan Abbey GAA

Ballyroan Abbey GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.The original Ballyroan GAA club was founded in 1887...

 and in 2006 he had the honour of captaining the Ballyroan

Ballyroan GAA

Ballyroan GAA was a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club in Ballyroan, County Laois, Republic of Ireland.Founded in 1887, the club colours were sky blue and navy having originally been royal blue with a dominant white V on the front...

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Abbeyleix GAA

Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland.The club plays at senior level in hurling and has no less than 8 Laois Senior Football Championship titles to its credit, the last of which came in 1919....

 combination, Ballyroan Gaels to the Laois Senior Football Championship title.

His performances at club level earned him a call up to the Laois

Laois GAA

The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...

 senior football squad from new manager, Liam Kearns

Liam Kearns

Liam Kearns is the former manager of the Limerick and Laois gaelic football teams.Tralee man Kearns, whose mother is from Laois, was appointed as Mick O'Dwyer’s successor in September 2006. He previously managed Limerick for six years and helped to raise the county’s profile in that time...

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