Portarlington GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated predominantly Gaelic Football club with underage Hurling up till U/17 level.
The club is based in the town of Portarlington in County Laois, Republic of Ireland.
McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club, it is named after club member Pat McCann. The Colm Maher memorial stand, which is the main stand in the ground, was built in the memory of Portarlington footballer Colm Maher who died in June 1996. The stand has a capacity of 1,012 people (all seated). McCann Park was used as the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary.
Achievements
Senior
Laois Senior Football Championship: Winners (15): 1893, 1910, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2020, 2021, 2022 Runners-Up: 1891, 1896, 1908, 1915, 1932, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1991, 1996
Intermediate
Laois Intermediate Football Championship: Winners (4): 1945, 1955, 1990, 1991
Runners-Up: 1944, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1987, 1989
Junior
Laois Junior A Football Championship: Winners (8): 1919, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1954, 1968, 1983 Runners-Up: 1963
Laois Junior A Hurling Championship: Runners-Up: 1937, 1946, 1960
League
ACFL Div 1: Winners (4): 1988, 1989, 2021, 2023
Runners-Up: 1973, 1974, 1993, 2014
ACFL Div 1 "B": Runners-Up: 2017
ACFL Div 2: Runners-Up: 1976, 2009
ACFL Div 3: Winners (2): 1990, 2001
Runners-Up: 2002, 2013
ACFL Div 4: Runners-Up, 1997, 2018
U21
Laois U-21 Football Championship: Winners (8): 1971, 1972, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2009, 2018, 2019 Runners-Up: 1967, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1994, 2002
Laois U-21 B Football Championship: Winners (2): 2002, 2008
Minor
Laois Minor Football Championship: Winners (9): 1966, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2009, 2014, 2017 Runners-Up: 1952, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2015, 2018
Laois Minor B Football Championship: Winners (1): 2007
Runners-Up: 1995
Notable people
Hugh Emerson
Cathal Ryan
Anthony Cunningham, the current senior football manager at the club, is a former Galway hurling manager and Roscommon football and hurling manager.