COURTWOOD

'Courtwood' Gaelic Athletic Association Club is a football and hurling club, located in the north east corner of County Laois in Ireland. The club is located in the eastern half of Emo parish with a small catchment area around the village of Ballybrittas and the local school Rath NS.
The locality is bordered on one side by County Kildare and by neighbouring clubs in Laois, Annanough, O'Dempseys and Emo.
The club is almost completely a football club, although the last few years have seen Courtwood dabble in the small ball game. Courtwood field football teams at intermediate, junior B and under 21 and also a junior C hurling outfit.
Juvenile football affairs are catered for by St Pauls Juvenile GAA club, an amalgamation with fellow parishioners, Emo. Courtwood also amalgamate with Emo and Portarlington at minor and Under 21 level.

Contents

History

Famous Players

Managers

External links

History

The club was founded in 1962. Previous to this, players from the locality played with the Jamestown club.
Courtwood has won the Laois Junior Football Championship twice (1970 and 1986) and the Laois Intermediate Football Championship twice (1971 and 1987).
In 2006, Courtwood won the Laois Junior "C" Football Championship. The previous year Courtwood reached the Laois Intermediate Football Championship final where they were narrowly beaten by Crettyard.

Famous Players

Courtwood is the home club of Fergal Byron, the 2003 All-Star goalkeeper who was also instrumental in Laois's 2003 Leinster SFC triumph. He is currently joined on the Laois senior panel by Niall Donoher, a minor and under 21 star with Laois.
George Doyle and John O'Connell both played senior football with Laois in the 1990's while Tommy Dunne was on the Laois team beaten in the Leinster SFC final in 1968.

Managers

Years	Name
2007-	John Strong
2004-2006	Mick Behan
2003	Karl Lenihan
2001-2002	George Doyle
2000	Tom Kinsella
1998-1999	Tommy Dunne
1997	Larry Swayne
1996	Martin Dunne
1995	Danny Luttrell
1993-1994	Karl Lenihan
1992	Brian Lawlor
1990-1991	Martin Dunne
1989	Seamus Lawlor
1988	Tom Kinsella
1986-1987	Brian Lawlor
1984-1985	Mick Behan (Carlow)

External links

★ Courtwood GAA Official Website

★ Laoistalk - Laois GAA News Website