Camross GAA
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| Founded: | 1903 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Cameroons | ||||||||
| Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Derrynaseera/Clonin | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°59′49.17″N 7°33′39.42″W / 52.9969917°N 7.5609500°WCoordinates: 52°59′49.17″N 7°33′39.42″W / 52.9969917°N 7.5609500°W | ||||||||
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Camross GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.
Founded in 1903, the club is the most successful hurling club in County Laois and club amalgamation colours are black and amber.
In 1957 Camross amalgamated with Killanure their parish counterparts and with amalgamation came great success. In 1957 they won Junior Championship beating St Fintans, Colt, followed with Intermediate title in 1958.
The Camross club did not win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship until 1959 but since then they have added a record 23 more senior hurling titles to their roll of honour (24 titles in total). They last won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 2013 defeating Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton by 2-12 to 1-12.
A previous chairman Michael Lalor also held the chair of office of Laois County Council in 2006. Michael and his brother was captain of the 1959 winning team.Other former chairmen of the club have been Tommy Delaney, Sean Mortimer, Mattie Collier, Kieran Delaney and Michael Scully. Current chairman is Peader Burke and is secretary Ursula Dunphy.
Camross has also won the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship twice. First they beat James Stephens of Kilkenny in 1976/77 and won against O'Tooles of Dublin in 1996/97. They were beaten in the 1977 club final by Glen Rovers at a game played in Thurles. They defeated Down side Ballycran in the semi final, Camross lost the 1997 All Ireland semi final to St. Mary's, Athenry again at Semple Stadium in Thurles.
Camross club man Michael Delaney held the full-time position as secretary of the Leinster Council of the GAA for well over a quarter of a century and was one of the top administrators in the sport.
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