Rosenallis GAA explained

Rosenallis Gaelic Athletic Association club is a hurling and Gaelic football club in the village of Rosenallis in County Laois, Ireland.

The club colours are green and white.

At adult level, the club is a dual football and hurling club. Rosenallis field football teams at Senior, Junior B and Junior C and Hurling Teams at Senior, Junior A and Junior C.^[1]

Past Amalgamation

The club formerly amalgamated with the Clonaslee–St Manman's club to play senior hurling under the name Tinnahinch.

In 1999, Rosenallis joined with Clonaslee to form a joint senior hurling, minor and underage hurling and football teams. This club was called Tinnahinch after the old barony name Tinnahinch which included the parishes of Kilmanman, Reary and Rosenallis. Tinnahinch was in 3 Senior Hurling County Hurling finals, 2002, 2003, 2006. In 2009, it won Division 3 Féile na nGael (Under 14 Hurling) national hurling title.

At adult level, this was a Gaels team which meant that both Clonaslee and Rosenallis could have their own separate Junior teams.

History

In the mid-1990s, Rosenallis won the Junior Football Championship and then went on to win the Intermediate Football Championship back-to-back.^[2]

In 2016, Rosenallis won a both the hurling and the football championship in their respective grades, Intermediate hurling and Junior football .^{[3] [4]} Paddy Dunne was the manager.^[5]

Rosenallis has won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship three times (in 1989, 1999 and 2016).

Juvenile Setup

At underage Rosenallis fields hurling and football teams on its own up to u13, at u15 and u17 they amalgamate with Clonaslee to form Rosenallis/Clonaslee.^[6]

Achievements

• Leinster Junior Club Football Championship Winners 2016^[7]
• Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship (3) 1989, 1999, 2016
• Laois Senior B Hurling Championship: 2019
• Laois Junior Football Championships (2) 1994, 2016
• Laois Intermediate Football Championship (2) 1995, 2019^[8]

Notable Players

Donnacha Hartnett plays for Rosenallis and is a regular starter on the Laois Senior Hurling Team.

External links

• Official Rosenallis GAA Club website
• https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/30/never-say-die-attitude-to-the-fore-as-dunne-leads-rosenallis-to-intermediate-football-crown/
• https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/29/in-pictures-rosenallis-and-odempseys-celebrate-intermediate-and-junior-football-success/
• https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/09/28/14-man-rosenallis-see-off-12-man-clonaslee-to-claim-intermediate-glory/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laois gaa player grading 2024 . p. 24-25
2. Web site: Rosenallis have it too easy on their 21st birthday. Laois Nationalist. 4 November 2016. 10 November 2022. Pat. Delaney.
3. Web site: Rosenallis are in full bloom. 16 November 2017. 10 November 2022. John. Harrington.
4. Web site: Success, failure, tragedy, joy ... Rosenallis has seen it all: A small Laois community was pulled together by a memorable dual success in Intermediate Hurling and Junior Football. Irish Examiner. 1 January 2017. 10 November 2022. Jackie. Cahill.
5. Web site: Rosenallis go local for new football manager for 2019. 13 December 2018. 10 November 2022. Siun. Lennon. The man who helped lead Rosenallis to Laois and Leinster junior football titles in 2016 is back at the helm for his home club. Paddy Dunne, who played with Laois at underage level, managed Rosenallis in 2016 and 2017, and takes over the role from Ballyroan native Johnny Irwin..
6. Web site: Cunningham . Liam . 2024-10-05 . Laois U-15 'B' FC: Rosenallis-Clonaslee-St Manman's survive late scare to lift Championship . 2024-11-05 . Laois Today . en-GB.
7. News: Jackson in bloom for Rose' . 22 November 2016 . . 21 November 2016.
8. Web site: Mulhall . Greg . 28 Sep 2019 . Rosenallis capture Intermediate football crown over 12-man Clonaslee - Leinster Express . 2023-11-09 . www.leinsterexpress.ie . en.