St Fintans, Mountrath is a 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...

 hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 and gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 club in Mountrath

Mountrath

Mountrath is a small town in County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M7 motorway in 2010, the town lies on the R445 midway between Dublin and Limerick, exactly 96.5 km from both cities.In 2006 it had a population of 1,435...

, County Laois

County Laois

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, Ireland

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The club colours are red and white and the club grounds are called St Fintans GAA Grounds.

The club is a senior hurling club and won its only Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 1942.

Mountrath has also won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the second grade Laois hurling clubs. The winners of the championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship and in turn, go on to the...

 five times (1941, 1949, 1990, 1996 and 2001) and the Laois Junior Hurling Championship four times (1940, 1960, 1975 and 1989). Also in 1940 Mountrath won the Laois Minor Hurling Championship

Laois Minor Hurling Championship

The Laois Minor Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the under 18 players of Laois clubs. The 2011 minor hurling champions are Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton who defeated Rathdowney-Errill in the final....

 for the only time in its history.

Gaelic football

Gaelic football

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

 is very much a secondary sport in the club but the club has one Laois Junior Football Championship to its credit, won in 1939. In 1996, St Fintans also won the Laois Junior "B" Football Championship.