Slieve Bloom GAA
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| Slieve Bloom GAA | |||||||||||||||||
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| Founded: | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
| County: | Laois | ||||||||||||||||
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| Club colours: | Orange and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Deerpark | ||||||||||||||||
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Slieve Bloom Gaelic Athletic Association Club is a small junior hurling club in County Laois, Ireland.
The club was founded in 1947 and colours are orange and white.
The club grounds are located two miles from Mountrath off the mountain road to Clonaslee. The townsland that the field is located in is called Deerpark and the grounds were once part of the Deerpark estate. The club obtained the grounds from the land commission when the estate was divided. Previous to that the club had operated from the sportsfield at Clonin, Mountrath and also from Rushin, Mountrath.
In recent years the grounds have undergone extensive improvements. The playing pitch was leveled and wire was put around it. Ballstoppers were erected at each end. The dressing-rooms were built and now stand proudly overlooking the countryside. Most recently a scoreboard was erected and a new road going all around the grounds was laid.
The current commitee consists of: Chairman-Benny Conroy, Secretary-Sean Breen, Treasurer-John Paul Campion, PTO-Ken Holmes, Vice-Chairman-Martin Lowry.
In 1947 Slieve Bloom won the Laois Junior Hurling Championship but had to wait until 1983 to repeat that success. The Captain of the team in 1983 was Thomas Cuddy as the Slieve Bloom men beat Ballypickas in the final. Their only other championship title came in 1999 when Benny Conroy captained them to the Laois Junior "B" Hurling Championship title with a memorable 2-4 to 0-7 win over neighbours Castletown.
Slieve Bloom also won the Laois All-County Hurling League Division 4 title in 1999 with a repeat win over Castletown and added the Laois All-County Hurling League Division 3 title in 2002 when Lorcan Phelan was the team captain.
At underage level the club amalgamates with Castletown GAA club or Ballyfin GAA club. In 2008 a new juvenile club was set up between Castletown and Slieve Bloom called Naomh Eamonn in honour of St. Edmund after whom the parish church in Castletown is named. At Minor and Under-21 level the club is joined with Castletown and Ballyfin.
