Graiguecullen GFC are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Laois, Ireland. The club played in Carlow for many years but in 1926 they were suspended. The club then chose to play in Laois and have been doing so ever since.
The club were winners of thirteen Carlow Senior Football Championship titles (the last of which was in 1925) and twelve Laois Senior Football Championship titles, the last of which was in 1965.
The club won the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 2007 in their first attempt to bounce straight back up to senior football, after being relegated for the first time in the club's history in 2006.
The club have produced a number of Laois inter-county football players, including Tommy Murphy, Mick Haughney and Mark Timmons.
History Founded in 1898, the club colours are green with a red hoop and white shorts. The club originally competed in the Carlow championships before being expelled in 1926 following an incident in the County Final against Milford in Rathoe. In 1927, they were invited to join the Laois Championship and they have remained there ever since.
During their time in Carlow GAA the club were extremely successful, winning 13 Carlow Senior Football Championship titles before returning to compete in the Laois championships in 1927.
The club grounds, Fr. Maher Park, are in County Laois, but on the County Carlow border on the outskirts of Carlow town.
Achievements Carlow Senior Football Championship: (13) 1908. 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 Laois Senior Football Championship: (13) 1927, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1965 Laois Intermediate Football Championship: (1) 2007 Laois Junior Football Championships: (4) 1936, 1955, 1975, 2012 Laois Junior B Football Championship: (3) 1985, 2011, 2014 Laois Junior C Football Championship: (2) 2013, 2019 Junior C Hurling championship 1993 Laois Under 21 Football Championship: (3) 1985, 1987, 2010 (1985 and 1987 titles as St Fiach's, an amalgamation with Killeshin) Laois Minor Football Championship: (12) 1933, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1992, 2010, 2015, 2021 Laois Minor B Football Championship: (2) 2001, 2018 Laois All-County Football League Div. 1: (2) 1975, 2013 Laois All-County Football League Div. 2: (1) 2006 Laois All-County Football League Div. 3: (1) 2017 Laois All-County Football League Div. 4: (2) 2009, 2024 Laois All-County Football League Div. 5: (1) 2018
References
External links
Laoistalk - Laois GAA News Website