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| Founded: | 1995 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and amber | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°06′13.56″N 7°18′14.15″W / 53.1037667°N 7.3039306°W / 53.1037667; -7.3039306 | ||||||||
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Sarsfields LFC Laois is a Ladies' Gaelic Football Association club based in Mountmellick in County Laois. It fields teams in Ladies' football from juvenile up to adult.
At adult level, the club fields football teams at Senior and Junior grades. The club colours are blue and amber. Sarsfields uses the same crest as Mountmellick GAA.
History
Sarsfields LFC was set up in 1995 for girls from the Mountmellick parish area (also for Rosenallis) who wished to play football.
The new club was called Sarsfields, a named derived from earlier teams in the Mountmellick area in the past.
Sarsfields won their first Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship in 2008.
Sarsfields are one of the most successful ladies football clubs in Laois having won the Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship 9 times during which they set won a record 7 years in a row from 2013 to 2019. They also made 16 consecutive appearances in the Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship final from 2006-2021.
They have won the Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship 3 times (2008,2013,2014).
In 2022, their second team won the Laois Junior Football Championship.
Honours
| Competition | Years won |
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| Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship| | 2008, 2013, 2014, |
| Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship | 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Laois Ladies Junior Football Championship | 2000, 2022 |
References
- McEvoy, Barry (2024-09-15). "Laois Ladies SFC: St Conleth's survive second half surge from Sarsfields to secure final spot". Laois Today. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- "Mountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- "SarsfieldsMountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- "Remember the Game: Sarsfields deny Timahoe to win historic first title in 2008". Laois Today. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- Egan, Andrew (2019-09-08). "Sensational second-half helps Sarsfields bring home seventh Senior title in-a-row". www.leinsterexpress.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- Lyons, Darragh (2022-09-24). "Extra-Time dominance sees Sarsfields claim Laois Ladies Junior Football title". Laois Today. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
External links
- Sarsfields Ladies Football club (archived 2011)