 Courtwood also amalgamate with Emo at minor (under 17) and under 20 level.Gaelic football has been played in the area since the foundation of the GAA in 1884 with evidence of the first club named Courtwood existing as early as 1888 and competing in the earliest known Laois Senior Football Championships.The 1892 Laois Senior Football Championship final was actually played in Courtwood.