The Laois Senior Football Championship is the top-tier annual Gaelic football competition for clubs in County Laois, Ireland. It has been organised by the Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1888. The winners receive the Jack Delaney Cup and go forward to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, and from there they can reach the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Laois clubs have done well outside the county: Portlaoise won the Leinster championship in 1971, 1976, 1982, 1987, 2004 and 2009, and in 1982-83 became the first Laois club to win the All-Ireland title after taking the Leinster and Laois championships. The 2026 title went to Portarlington, who beat Courtwood in the final. The 1889, 1897, 1906 and 1907 titles were won under the name Maryborough, now Portlaoise.
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The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs.
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The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs.
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The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888.
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The Laois Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs.
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in 2006 he captained the Ballyroan/Abbeyleix combination, Ballyroan Gaels to the Laois Senior Football Championship title.
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when they won the Laois Senior Football Championship title
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2 Laois Senior Football Championship 1996, 2000
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Dempsey captained his club St Joseph's to the Laois Senior Football Championship title in 1983.
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