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Borris-in-Ossory GAA

Coordinates: 52°56′28.40″N 7°37′02.86″W / 52.9412222°N 7.6174611°W / 52.9412222; -7.6174611
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Borris-in-Ossory GAA
Buiros Mor Osraí
County:Laois
Nickname:Borris
Colours:Red and White
Grounds:O'Keefe Park
Coordinates:52°56′28.40″N 7°37′02.86″W / 52.9412222°N 7.6174611°W / 52.9412222; -7.6174611
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Leinster
champions
Laois
champions
Hurling: - - 5

Borris-in-Ossory GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the village of Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland.[1]

The club colours are red and white and the club grounds are called O'Keefe Park.[2]

Formerly, primarily a hurling club, Borris-in-Ossory now operates solely as a gaelic football club.

It amalgamates at all age levels with its neighbouring club, Kilcotton GAA, with which it competes in hurling as Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton GAA.[citation needed]

The clubs however field separate Gaelic football teams, and compete as separate clubs in the Laois Junior C Football Championship.[3]

The club won five Laois Senior Hurling Championships, the last of which came in 1972. The Laois and Leinster hurler Christy O'Brien played in all five wins and was captain for the first four wins between 1956 and 1961.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Borris-in-Ossory". Laois GAA. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Big occasion for Borris-in-Ossory GAA club this Sunday". laoistoday.ie. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "All of Tuesday's Laois GAA results as Junior 'B' and 'C' football championships commence". laoistoday.ie. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Laois GAA legend to be inducted into Croke Park Hall of Fame". leinsterexpress.ie. Leinster Express. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020. Borris-In-Ossory's Christy O'Brien [..] led his club to victory in 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961 and lastly in 1972
  5. ^ "Rolls of Honour -Senior Hurling". laoisgaa.ie. Laois GAA County Board. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Laois Junior Hurling Championship Roll Of Honour". laoisgaa.ie. Laois GAA County Board. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.