The Laois team that will play Tipperary in Laois Hire O'Moore Park tomorrow shows just one change from that which last to Kildare last Sunday.

BELOW is a report of the thrilling meeting of the Barrowside neighbours in the Leinster championship in 1964. The sides met for the first time in the National Hurling League five years previous in Athy.

LAOIS’S Joe McDonagh Cup campaign hit a serious speed bump on Sunday afternoon as Kildare pulled off another shock result in the competition and came away from Portlaoise with an 11-point victory.

LAOIS manager Tommy Fitzgerald was disappointed following his side’s first loss in the Joe McDonagh Cup after a shock result against Kildare on Sunday afternoon.

DESPITE seeing his side maintain their 100% start to the Joe McDonagh Cup with a victory over Kerry on Sunday, Laois boss Tommy Fitzgerald still felt his side were sloppy at times.

Kerry 3-20 Laois 0-19 SEVEN years ago Laois and Kerry clashed in Austin Stack Park, Tralee in the second round of the new competition.

Laois 4-16 Offaly 0-13 XALL of 12 years ago Laois minor hurlers were hoping to reach back to back Leinster semi-finals. Wexford had ended the dream a year earlier.

Laois 6-26 Wicklow 2-10 FOR the second week in succession Laois travelled away in the Celtic Challenge hurling competition. The week they were in the Faithful Fields taking on Offaly and snatched victory with a last minute goal.

Leinster U-20 HC Tier 1 Group 1 Rd 3  Offaly 1-25 Laois 0-14  LAOIS suffered a second consecutive defeat in Group 3 of the Leinster U/20 Hurling Championship after Offaly proved to be far too strong in ...

IN the good old days of Dr Cullen Park Laois and Carlow produced several battles in the League, Oireachtas, Walsh Cup and Championship. 1982 saw the visitors score 1-15 in victory.

THIS weekend sees a big clash between two counties separated by the River Barrow and the two are regular contestants on either side of the river. Last year they met on both sides of the divide. Carlow came to Portlaoise and took the spoils.

Recently a National Newspaper led with a headline, 'Laois Kicking King looking for ways Argentina can put Irish on Back foot', the columnist was Carlow man Bernard Jackman, he was referring to Portlaoise man Alan Kingsley who is now a well respected ...