St. Laurence's GAA - Nenagh

St. Laurence’s G.A.A. [Gaelic Athletic Association] Club, Oldgrange, Narraghmore, Co. Kildare, R14 CX28 is based in the parish of Narraghmore, encompassing Kilmead, Booley, Calverstown, Kilgowan, Brewel, Ballymount, Ballitore and Mullaghmast.

St. Laurence’s G.A.A. Club were formed with the amalgamation of Narraghmore and Ballitore in 1957.

R.I.C. [Royal Irish Constabulary] records from 1890 show five clubs in the area.

Ballitore O'Moores had 25 members with officers listed as Pat Cullen, Pat Hendy and William Fennell.

Narraghmore Feach Phadraig had 50 members with Thomas Hickey, Thomas Waters and James Hayden listed as officers.

Brewel had 50 members with Andrew Fay, Henry Fay, John Cousin and Pat Keenan listed as officers. (Brewel Independents were listed as an  

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unaffiliated club in 1896).

Inchaquire had 25 members, with P J Finn, Richard Archibald and William Hickey listed as officers.

Killelan membership not recorded, officers recorded as William Byrne, Edward Lawler and Michael Nolan.

Ballitore and Narraghmore both re-formed in the late 1920s and Narraghmore were first winners of the new Junior B Championship in 1947.

The current club grounds were purchased in 1975 and the clubhouse dressing rooms opened in 1992 and 1999.

The club embarked on an ambitious project in 2004 when they started to build a Community Complex. The complex was completed and opened in 2006 and it features a full sized sports hall, a gym and a full time bar.

In 2009 St. Laurence’s G.A.A. Club won their first ever Senior Mens Football Championship, beating Moorefield in the final.