The Rock GAA

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club gaa = The Rock GAA
irish = An Charraig
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founded = 1970
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county =Laois
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colours = Red and black
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The Rock Gaelic Athletic Association club is a gaelic football club based just outside the town of Mountmellick in County Laois, Ireland.

The club was founded in 1970 and colours are red and black.

Famous Laois footballers who have played for The Rock include Derek Conroy, Paul Dunne, Mark Dunne and Colm Burke.

The first AGM of The Rock GAA Club was held in 1970 in The Rock National School and the officers elected were;

President: Tomas Culleton

Chairman: Tom Foyle

Secretary: Eamonn Conroy

Treasurer:

The club first entered the Laois Junior Football Championship in 1970, where in their first match they played against Emo and made little impact on the local GAA scene a reciving a crushind defeat.

The Rock won the Laois Junior Football Championship in 1979 defeating Ballinakill in the final, which was played in O'Moore Park.The captain was Noel Dunphy and vice-captain was John Deegan.

The Rock won the Laois Intermediate Football Championship in 1996 defeating St. Michaels in a replayed final in Stradbally.

The captain was Leo Storey and the manager was Niall Tully.The Rock competed in their first ever Senior Football Championship Final in 1998 (13.12.08)where they sufferd defeat to Stradbally on a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-5 on a day of atrocious weather conditions. Indeed many GAA people felt the game should have been abandoned due to the conditions on that Sunday.