{{Short description|GAA club in County Laois}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Camross | irish = Camros | crest = | founded = 1903 | province = Leinster | county = Laois | nickname = | colours = Black and Amber | grounds = Derrynaseera/Clonin | coordinates = {{coord|52|59|50|N|7|33|42|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}} | pattern_la = _borderonblack | pattern_b = _blackstripes | pattern_ra = _borderonblack | leftarm = FFC125 | body = FFC125 | rightarm = FFC125 | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFC125 | h2 = 2 | h3 = 27 | pattern_so = _color_3_stripes_black |}} '''Camross GAA''' is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and Gaelic football club based near Coolrain in County Laois, Ireland. As of 2023, the club had won 27 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles and has also won a number of provincial titles in hurling and camogie.
==History== Founded in 1903, the club is the most successful hurling club in County Laois, having won 27 Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.laoistoday.ie/2025/10/16/in-pictures-county-final-fever-never-gets-old-as-camross-show-their-support-once-again/ | website = laoistoday.ie | title = County final fever never gets old as Camross show their support once again | date= 16 October 2025 | accessdate = 15 December 2025 | quote = Laois's most successful hurling club have won the senior championship on 27 previous occasions }}</ref> The club's colours are black and amber.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
In 1957, Camross amalgamated with Killanure – their parish counterparts. In 1957, following the amalgamation, they won the Junior Championship beating St Fintans, Colt. This was followed with an intermediate title in 1958.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
The Camross club did not win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship until 1959 but since then they have added a record 26 more senior hurling titles to their roll of honour (27 titles in total). They last won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 2023, defeating Abbeyleix St Lazarian's.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
A previous chairman of the club, Michael Lalor, also held the chair of office of Laois County Council in 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} Lalor and his brother were captains of the 1959 winning team.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
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.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Camross players to have represented Laois at senior hurling over the years have included: Tim and Frank Keenan, P.J Cuddy, Joe Dollard, Martin Cuddy, Zane Keenan, Tim Cuddy, Sean Cuddy, John Carroll, and Joe Doran.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Football is very much a secondary sport in the club but Camross have won the Laois Junior A Football Championship in 1980, the Laois Junior "B" Football Championship in 2005, 2016 and 2022 and the Laois Junior "C" Football Championship in 2014.
==Honours==
===Hurling===
*'''All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship''' (0): (runner up in 1976–77 championship)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.balls.ie/gaa/12-iconic-club-championship-challengers-from-so-called-weaker-counties-314567 | website = balls.ie | title = 12 Heroic Club Championship Kingpins From So-Called Weaker Counties | date = 4 November 2015 | accessdate = 15 December 2025 | quote = in the All-Ireland series, they [Camross] were halted by celebrated opposition, with Glen Rovers beating them in the 1977 club final }}</ref> *'''Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship''' (2): 1976, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url = http://leinster.gaa.ie/rollofhonour/rhleinsterHurling.asp | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216063945/http://leinster.gaa.ie/rollofhonour/rhleinsterHurling.asp | archivedate = 16 February 2012 | title = Roll of Honour - AIB Leinster G.A.A. Club Hurling Champions | website = leinster.gaa.ie}}</ref> * '''Leinster Senior Club Hurling League''' (2): 2023, 2025{{fact|date=July 2025}} *'''Laois Senior Hurling Championship''' (27): 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=276123|title=Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme|accessdate=25 September 2017 |work=Hogan Stand |date=24 September 2017}}</ref> 2023<ref name="rte2023">{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2023/1008/1409632-abbyleix-st-lazarians-v-camross-report/ | website = rte.ie | title = Camross defeat Abbyleix to claim 27th Laois SHC | date = 8 October 2023 | accessdate = 15 December 2025 }}</ref> * '''Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship''' (5): 1939, 1958, 1983, 2000, 2010, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laois-nationalist.ie/2019/09/26/storming-finish-from-camross-ensures-another-crown/|title=Storming finish from Camross ensures another crown|work=Laois Nationalist|date=14 September 2019|access-date=16 September 2023 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231004174926/https://laois-nationalist.ie/2019/09/26/storming-finish-from-camross-ensures-another-crown/| archivedate = 4 October 2023 }}</ref> * '''Laois Junior Hurling Championship''' (11): 1914, 1921, 1928, 1957, 1964, 1972, 1981, 1988, 2003, 2008, 2014 * '''Laois Junior B Hurling Championship''' (5): 1988, 1989, 1994, 2001, 2011{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} * '''Laois Junior C Hurling Championship''' (2): 2006, 2016 * '''Laois Under 21 Hurling Championship''' (18): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} * '''Laois Minor Hurling Championship''' (3): 2005, 2017, 2021{{fact|date=December 2025}} * '''Laois Junior A Football Championship''' (1): 1980 * '''Laois Junior B Football Championship''' (3): 2005, 2016, 2022 * '''Laois Junior C Football Championship''' (1): 2014{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
===Camogie===
*'''All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie Championship''' (1): 2025<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41759939.html | work = The Echo | title = All-Ireland final heartbreak for Ballincollig as Camross take over in second half at Croke Park | date = 14 December 2025 | accessdate = 15 December 2025 }}</ref> *'''Leinster Intermediate Club Camogie Championship''' (1): 2025<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/gaa/1945587/in-pictures-wild-celebrations-as-camross-crowned-leinster-intermediate-camogie-champions.html | work = Leinster Express | title = Wild celebrations as Camross crowned Leinster Intermediate Camogie champions | date = 17 November 2025 | accessdate = 15 December 2025 }}</ref> *'''Laois Club Camogie Championship''': 2025{{fact|date=December 2025}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Laois GAA clubs}}
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