Ballyroan

Even when you've got the full fifteen, there's no guarantees, as Ballyroan Abbey of Laois found out recently. While playing O'Dempseys this week, Ballyroan's corner forward, after realising that there was only a few minutes left in the first half, left ...

In the recent match between O'Dempseys and Ballyroan Abbey, Ballyroan found themselves a man short so they asked the physio to put down the magic sponge and throw on a jersey. After the teams corner-forward discovered that there was only a few ...

Ballyroan Abbey was an amalgamation of Ballyroan, a tiny village and Abbeyleix, a club more noted for hurling. Ballyroan had 12 on the team and Abbeyleix three. It's laughable that Kilmacud Crokes, who boast Dublin stars Cian O'Sullivan, Rory O'Carroll ...

It was a case that shocked and baffled the country, and there were no clues in the case until the teenager's schoolbag was found dumped in a laneway six days later, yards from his home on Ballyroan Road. It is now sealed in plastic and locked in a safe ...

Emo is the third club he has led to a senior county final, following Ballyroan (three times) and Arles Killeen. He was successful on two occasions over two separate terms with Ballyroan, winning a first championship in 42 years in 1992 in his first ...