Mountmellick GAA

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Mountmellick GAA (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Móinteach Milic) is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Football and Hurling club in the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland. It fields teams in both football and hurling from juvenile up to adult.

At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Mountmellick field football and hurling teams at Intermediate and junior B.^{[citation needed]} They are the only hurling club in the Mountmellick parish.^{[citation needed]}

History

The club's first Laois Intermediate Football Championship (IFC) title was won in 1968.^[1] In 2006, Mountmellick beat Annanough GAA to win the Laois IFC for the second time, after 38 years.^[2]

Mountmellick has won the Laois Junior Football Championship five times,^[3] and the Laois Minor Football Championship twice, in 1975 and 1977.

Mountmellick has also won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on one occasion, in 1967,^[4] with five wins in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship.^[5] Mountmellick are the only Laois club to have won both Junior titles in the one year (1941). They came close to winning both intermediate titles in one year (1967), winning the hurling and losing the football to Arles in a replay.^{[citation needed]}

In football they reached finals (2021, 2022), losing to Park–Ratheniska GAA.^[6]^[7]

In 2022 they lost the hurling final to Clough–Ballacolla GAA.^[8]

Notable players

John O'Loughlin
Donnacha Hartnett

Championship honours

Football

Competition	Years Won
Laois Intermediate Football Championship	1968, 2006
Laois Junior Football Championships	1921, 1929, 1941, 1966, 1972
Laois Junior B Football Championship	1973, 2006
Laois Under-21 Football Championship	1996, 2012, 2014
Laois Under-20 B Football Championship	2023^[9]
Laois Minor Football Championship	1975, 1977

* Denotes as part of Sarsfields or Sarsfields Gaels (Mountmellick, Ballyfin, Kilcavan)

Hurling

Competition	Years Won
Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship	1967
Laois Junior Hurling Championship	1930, 1935, 1941, 1961, 2001, 2018
Laois Junior B Hurling Championship	2012, 2017
Laois Junior C Hurling Championship	2017
Laois Minor Hurling Championship	1966, 2014
Laois Minor B Hurling Championship	2021^[10]

References

^ "Intermediate Football". Laois GAA. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "County Final Memory: Mountmellick come of age in 2006 to claim intermediate football honours". Laois Today. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "Junior A Football". Laois GAA. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "Laois GAA Official Website". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "Laois GAA Official Website". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Miller, Steven (29 October 2021). "Mountmellick and Park-Ratheniska do battle for intermediate football honours". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Miller, Steven (9 September 2022). "Holland leads the way as The Heath see off Mountmellick to book Laois IFC final place". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Hartnett, Alan (1 October 2022). "Rafter leads the way as Clough-Ballacolla see off Mountmellick challenge for Intermediate glory". Laois Today. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Comerford, Mark (15 December 2023). "Laois U-20 'B' FC: Mountmellick Parish Gaels romp to victory in last final of 2023". Laois Today. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ Miller, Steven (22 September 2021). "Late goals seal thrilling minor hurling title for Na Fianna". Laois Today. Retrieved 4 June 2024.