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Clonaslee–St Manman's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club in Clonaslee, County Laois, Ireland.
| Founded: | 1888 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Colours: | Green and White (football) Red and White (hurling) | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Father Kehoe Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°09′04.50″N 7°31′31.79″W / 53.1512500°N 7.5254972°W | ||||||||
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The club colours are green and white for football and red and white for hurling.
History
editClonaslee GAA club catered for football and hurling until 1974, when St Manman's Gaelic Football Club was founded and catered exclusively for football. St Manman's reached the 1977 Laois Junior Football Championships final, losing to Portlaoise.[1]
Clonaslee Hurling Club and St Manman's Football Club amalgamated in 2001.
In 1999, Clonaslee–St Manman's joined with Rosenallis to form a joint senior hurling, minor and underage hurling and football teams. This club was called Tinnahinch after the old barony name Tinnahinch which included the parishes of Kilmanman, Reary and Rosenallis. Tinnahinch was in 3 Senior Hurling County Hurling finals, 2002, 2003, 2006. In 2009, it won Division 3 Féile na nGael (Under 14 Hurling) national hurling title.
At adult level, this was a Gaels team which meant that both Clonaslee and Rosenallis could have their own separate Junior teams.
Juvenile Setup
editAt underage Clonaslee fields hurling and football teams on its own up to u13, at u15 and u17 they amalgamate with Rosenallis to form Clonaslee/Rosenallis.[2]
Achievements
editHurling
edit- Laois Senior Hurling Championship: (4) 1890, 1891, 1910, and 1975 Beaten finalists in 1908, 1909, 1911, 1970, 1974 and 1976.
- North Laois Senior Hurling Championship (1) 1974
- Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship 1936, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1969, 1982, 1987, 1997
- Laois Junior Hurling Championship: in 1933, 1968, 1978, 1985(B), 2002(B)
- Laois Under-21 B Hurling Championship (1) 1993
- Laois Minor Hurling Championship Finalists 1975
Football
editClonaslee–St Manman's or St Manman's have won the following football county titles;
- Laois Intermediate Football Championship: (6) 1981, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2015, 2020[3]
- Laois Junior Football Championships: 1978, 1997
- Laois Junior C Football Championship: 2007
- Laois Under 21 B Football Championship: 1999, 2006, 2007,2009 (last three as Tinnahinch)
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: 1981, 1987, 1990, 2002, 2019
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: 1998
- Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: 2016
Notable players
editDarren Rooney, a former club member, represented Laois at senior hurling and football level. His brothers Mark and Declan also played hurling and football for their county, while James Young is also a former Laois senior hurler.
References
edit- ^ "1977 – Laois Junior Football Final". 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Cunningham, Liam (5 October 2024). "Laois U-15 'B' FC: Rosenallis-Clonaslee-St Manman's survive late scare to lift Championship". Laois Today. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Clonaslee lead the way on the 2020 intermediate football Team of the Year". 22 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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