 In recent years the Under 16 Laois league was won four times in a row with an under 17 and minor championship in 2014 and 2017

McCann Park is the home of the Portarlington GAA club.The Laois senior inter-county team often train here, and it was the venue for the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final replay, where Offaly defeated Tipperary.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 on June 2, 1996.