 Ballyfin's rise in football was started in the late 1980s when the team progressed from division five to division one.In 1995 Ballyfin won the Laois Junior Football Championship beating Ballyroan in the final and again lifted the trophy in 2010 after a narrow win over Spink in the final.In 2001 and 2004, they won the Laois Under 21 "B" Football Championship.