Chris Conway

Chris Conway
Personal information
Irish name Criostóir Ó Conbhuí
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner forward
Born Laois
Club(s)
Years Club
 Arles/Kilcruise
Club titles
Laois titles 1
Leinster titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
-2007
 Laois
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1

Chris Conway is a Gaelic football coach and player from County Laois.[1][2]

He plays for the Arles-Kilcruise club. He formerly played at centre forward for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title[1] for the first time since 1946,[3] before departing the inter-county scene after the 2006 season.

Conway emerged on to the scene in 1996 as part of the Laois minor team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title.[1]

In 2003 his club Arles-Kilcruise won the Laois Senior Football Championship title under the captaincy of his brother, Paudge.[citation needed]

Conway also had a coaching role with Knockbeg College, where he is a schoolteacher, and guided his "alma mater" to a 2005 All-Ireland Senior Colleges title.[citation needed]

Conway finished his inter-county career with the Laois football team at the end of the 2007 season.[citation needed]

He joined the Laois backroom team as a coach (alongside Brian "Beano" McDonald) under the management of Billy Sheehan, who was appointed manager in October 2021.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c "History of Arles Kilcruise G.F.C." Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. ^ Colm Keys (22 February 2008). "New efforts made to bring back Laois stars". Independent.IE. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Burning desire to be part of success". Irish Times. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Laois GAA 'Delighted' With Billy Sheehan Appointment". Midlands 103. 19 October 2021. Laois GAA say they're delighted with the official ratification of Billy Sheehan as manager of the senior footballers.
  5. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (12 October 2021). "Laois greats part of Sheehan's football ticket as Cheddar shakes up hurling set-up: Brian 'Beano' McDonald and Chris Conway are on board as coaches with Billy Sheehan". The42.ie.