Laois GAA U-20 Football panel unveiled for 2025 season
37 players have been chosen by manager Kieran Kelly
Laois U-20 football manager Kieran Kelly has confirmed his panel for the 2025 season.
A strong contingent comes from the 2024 U-20 championship-winning side, Stradbally Parish Gaels, with nine players from that team making the cut. Several other standout performers from last year’s competitions have also been included.
While the majority of the squad hails from Laois, there is an interesting addition in Sam Ryan from Sallins, Co. Kildare.
Laois have been drawn in Group 3 of the Leinster Championship and will kick off their campaign at home to Kildare on Wednesday, March 26. They will also host Wexford on Wednesday, April 2 before finishing the group stage away to Carlow on Wednesday, April 9.
To progress, Laois must finish in the top two. A first-place finish would send them straight to the semi-finals, while second place would secure a quarter-final away to the winner of Group 1, which features Dublin, Westmeath, Meath and Offaly.
2025 Laois U-20 Football Panel
Adam Jones (Ballyroan Abbey), Ben O’Connor (Portlaoise), Ben Dillon (Stradbally), Cathal Buggie (Stradbally), Conor Raggett (Portlaoise), Conor Walsh (Ballylinan), Cormac Deegan (Annanough), Darragh Loughman (Ballylinan), Darren Brennan (Portlaoise), David Donohue (Stradbally), David Miller (Annanough), Ennae Byrne (Arles Killeen), Eoghan Slattery (Courtwood), Eoin Johnson (St Joseph’s), Fionn McEvoy (Stradbally), Fionn O’Sullivan (Crettyard), Jack Julian (Ballylinan), Jack Milton (Killeshin), Jake Colbert (The Rock), Jake Darcy (Annanough), James Dunne (Clonaslee St Manman’s), Jamie O’Brien (St Joseph’s), Jeremy Kelly (St Joseph’s), Kevin Fennelly (Annanough), Luke O’Reilly (Portarlington), Michael Gaffney (Killeshin), Niall Lalor (Kilcavan), Paddy Fitzpatrick (The Heath), Pauric Ramsbottom (Timahoe), Robbie Murphy (St Joseph’s), Rory Lalor (Kilcavan), Ryan Little (Courtwood), Ryan Phelan (O’Dempsey’s), Sam Lynch (St Joseph’s), Sam Ryan (Sallins), Sean Kirby (The Heath) and Tom O’Connell (Mountmellick).