Portlaoise’s 8-in-a-row and five Allstars – Laois’s 2014 sporting highlights

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1. Portlaoise made it eight Laois SFC titles in-a-row with an 11 point win over Arlse Killeen

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3. Alison Miller was a key member of the Ireland squad’s run Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final that included beating New Zealand – a game in which she scored a try

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4. Zach Tuohy was flown home from Australia to play for Portlaoise in their Leinster SFC quarter-final

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5. Ciamh Dollard won her first Allstar as she was selected as the goalkeeper in the TG4 Allstar team

6. Colm Begley and Ross Munnelly represented the O’Moore County for the one-off international rules series in Perth recently

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7. Laura Dunne, Eimear Delaney, Sarah-Anne Fitzgerald and Niamh Dollard all featured in the Camogie Soaring Stars team at the Allstar awards