Shamrocks GAA is a former Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 gaelic football

Gaelic football

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 club in County Laois

County Laois

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, Ireland

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The club was founded in 2009 and the club colours were green and white.

The club was formed by members of the Slieve Bloom

Slieve Bloom GAA

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 and Castletown

Castletown GAA

Castletown GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling club in County Laois, Ireland.The club colours are blue and white.The current Castletown club was founded in 1974 and has won a total of 8 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles since 1995....

 GAA clubs to cater for gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 in a predominantly hurling

Hurling

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 area.

In a successful first year, the club reached the final of the Laois Junior "C" Football Championship, only to go down to Portlaoise

Portlaoise GAA

% !!!5 TIMES COUNTY CHAMPIONS!!!Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland....

in a replay. In 2011, the Slieve Bloom club entered the football championship thus ending the brief life of the Shamrocks club.