Laois senior football panel named ahead of Division 3 opener against Limerick in Portlaoise

Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty has revealed his 36-man panel for this year’s Allianz National Football League.

McNulty’s side will welcome Division 4 champions Limerick to Portlaoise on Saturday evening in the opening game of Division 3.

The majority of the players on the panel have already featured at some stage this year against either Dublin in the O’Byrne Cup or Carlow in the O’Byrne Shield. The Rock’s Sean O’Neill, Aaron Cooney (St Joseph’s), Portlaoise’s Ben Dempsey, Park-Ratheniska’s Simon Fingleton and Portarlington pair Rioghan Murphy and Ronan Coffey are the players who didn’t feature in either of those competitive games that have been named on McNulty’s panel for the league.

LAOIS SENIOR FOOTBALL PANEL 2026

Aaron Cooney (St Joseph's)

Evan O'Carroll (Crettyard)

Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey)

Jack Lacey (St Joseph's)

Alan Kinsella (Courtwood)

Jake Darcy (Annanough)

Alex Mohan (Portarlington)

Josh Hogan (Portlaoise)

Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise)

Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise)

Ben O'Connor (Portlaoise)

Killian Byrne (Ballyroan-Abbey)

Brian Byrne (c) (Graiguecullen)

Killian Roche (Killeshin)

Cathal Lee (Clonaslee St Manman's)

Matthew Byron (Courtwood)

Cian Doyle (Courtwood)

Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph's)

Cian Nolan (Park-Ratheniska)

Niall Corbet (Clonaslee St Manman's)

Cian Ryle (Kilcavan)

Paddy O'Sullivan (Portarlington)

Ciaran Burke (Crettyard)

Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen)

Colin Dunne (Arles-Killeen)

Rioghan Murphy (Portarlington)

Conaire Gee (Ballyroan-Abbey)

Robert Tyrell (Courtwood)

Conor Heffernan (Killeshin)

Ronan Coffey (Portarlington)

Daragh Galvin (Portarlington)

Sean O'Neill (The Rock)

Darren Brennan (Portlaoise)

Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska)

Eoghan Slattery (Courtwood)

Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen)

DIVISION 3 FIXTURE LIST

Saturday January 24

Laois v Limerick in Laois Hire O'Moore Park at 6pm

Saturday January 31

Wexford v Laois in Wexford Park at 6pm

Saturday February 14

Laois v Sligo in Laois Hire O'Moore Park at 6pm

Sunday February 22

Clare v Laois in Cusack Park, Ennis at 2pm

Saturday February 28

Laois v Westmeath in Laois Hire O'Moore Park at 6pm

Saturday March 14

Fermanagh v Laois in Brewster Park, Enniskillen at 6pm

Sunday March 22

Down v Laois in Páirc Esler, Newry at 2pm

Laois v Limerick will throw-in at 6pm on Saturday evening in Laois Hire O’Moore Park Portlaoise. The Leinster Express/Laois Live will be providing a free live blog from the game.