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Rosenallis

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Rosenallis, County Offaly 1825413
Rosenallis, County Offaly 1825413

Rosenallis (historically Rossinallis, from Irish: Ros Fhionnghlaise, meaning 'wood of the clear stream') is a village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road, 6 km north-west of Mountmellick. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

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N 53.133333333333 ° E -7.4 °
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R422
R32 W8C5 (Rosenallis ED)
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Rosenallis, County Offaly 1825413
Rosenallis, County Offaly 1825413
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Ballyfin GAA

Ballyfin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club located in the village of Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland.The club colours are green and white. The club grounds are at Cappinrush, beside Ballyfin's Roman Catholic church. Ballyfin have won the Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship on 3 occasions; in 1970 defeating Ballinakill, in 1985 defeating Clonaslee and most recently in 2006 defeating Colt. Prior to their 1970 win, in 1967 Ballyfin defeated traditional rivals Clonaslee in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship final to gain promotion to the intermediate ranks. In 1972 they made their one and only appearance in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final, losing out to Borris-in-Ossory. In 2005 Ballyfin captured the Laois Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship, defeating Abbeyleix-Ballypickas at O'Moore Park. Ballyfin, in addition to competing at intermediate level, also field a junior B hurling team. This is courtesy of their 1999 final victory over Ballylinan in the Laois Junior "C" Hurling Championship. Ballyfin also have gaelic football teams and compete in the senior and junior C grades. Ballyfin's rise in football was started in the late 1980s when the team progressed from division five to division one. In 1995 Ballyfin won the Laois Junior Football Championship beating Ballyroan in the final and again lifted the trophy in 2010 after a narrow win over Spink in the final. In 2001 and 2004, they won the Laois Under 21 "B" Football Championship. In 2008 and 2013 they won the Laois All-County Football League Division 3 title. In 2014, Ballyfin defeated Timahoe in the final to win their first Laois Intermediate Football Championship title and gain senior status in football for the first time in 2015. Laois senior football player James Finn is a member of the club, as is Oliver Phelan who managed Laois to their 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.