Laois targeting a good Tailteann Cup campaign after winning Division Four of the Allianz Football League
Evan O'Carroll: 'The Tailteann Cup is different, it’s achievable for all the teams that are competing.' Photograph: James Lawlor/InphoIt was after Laois’s away win over Fermanagh at Brewster Park last June that it all came flooding out for Billy Sheehan.
Irish woman says she will ‘never forget’ eyes of alleged rapist and chief suspect in Madeleine McCann caseAnd they were. They beat Limerick. But that only bought Laois a ticket to the Tailteann Cup semi-finals at Croke Park where they ran into a red and black juggernaut. Down made mush of Laois that day, putting 8-16 on the scoreboard.
All of which is a world away from the Laois form of 2012 when they ran Dublin to within three points in an All-Ireland quarter-final. That winter Justin McNulty brought powerful teenager O’Carroll into the panel and handed him his championship debut in 2013. Laois were a solid Division 2 team at the time. This year they played in Division 4.
“I just think fair play to Justin for coming in again and to the county board for aligning with that. When you bring in someone of the calibre of Justin and that backroom team, it’s a massive opportunity for lads to develop as footballers firstly.
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