 Mick Aherne, a famous member of the Laois senior football and hurling teams of the 1980s, is one of the best known players the club has ever produced.During the late 1990s and the 2000s Clough/Ballacolla made great improvements underage that resulted in titles in U/14, U/16, Minor and U-21 that laid the foundation for senior honours.In 2009, Clough-Ballacolla won their first Laois Senior Hurling Championship title in 91 years.