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Top sportswriters single out Kilkenny young gun Adrian Mullen as ‘one to watch’

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2019 0

NOT too many pundits are tipping Kilkenny to go all the way in this year’s championship as Brian Cody battles an injury crisis that has ruled out many of his key players. But there is hope the Ballyhale young guns who helped propel the Shamrocks to victory in the All-Ireland club championship will make a […]

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Six Ballyhale stars make final 15 of GAA Club Players’ Awards

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2019 0

THEY conquered the All Ireland club championship, now Ballyhale’s hurling heroes are dominating the individual players’ accolades. No fewer than six Ballyhale Shamorcks stars have made the final 15 of the 2019 AIB GAA Club Players’ Awards. Henry Shefflin’s sharp shooters Colin Fennelly and Adrian Mullen are on the shortlist for the overall Club Hurler […]

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A breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes tuck into Billy’s ‘Full Irish’

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 Post a comment

IT was a breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes – and what seemed like half the parish – crammed into Billy’s Tearooms & Shop this morning for a hearty breakfast in the aftermath of the Shamrocks’ emphatic victory in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Final at Croke Park yesterday. The staff and volunteers at […]

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Brilliant Ballyhale outclass St Thomas to be crowned All-Ireland club champs for seventh time

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 2

Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-28 St Thomas (Galway) 2-11 OH how Brian Cody will be glad to welcome back his Ballyhale boys. The Shamrocks became the second Kilkenny club after Dunnamaggin to be crowned All-Ireland club champions this year as the South Kilkenny club easily overcame Galway’s St Thomas at Croke Park. The victory marks an incredible […]

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Ballyhale volunteers serve up a masterclass in community spirit

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2019 0

THE people of Ballyhale have joined together to give a master-class in how a community cooperative effort should be done. This weekend the local Shamrocks hurling team were playing host to the boys of Caryduff GAA Club, so needless to say the South Kilkenny village had plenty of mouths to feed. And so the task […]

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A Kilkenny Valentine’s Day tale: Why Henry Shefflin’s father-in-law did not cheer for their match

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

HENRY Shefflin would never have married his wife Deirdre if she had listened to her father. He was worried their courtship might interfere with Henry’s hurling. “I told my mother that I had met Henry,” she recalled. “And when I told my father, he said: ‘You stay away from him, he has a busy year […]

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Army life was ‘absolute boredom’, says Kilkenny hurling star Colin Fennelly

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2019 0

KILKENNY hurling star Colin Fennelly has given a searingly honest account of life in the army – describing his six years in the Defence Forces as “absolute boredom”. The Ballyhale Shamrocks clubman said he got “no job satisfaction” from his time in the Defence Forces. And he added that “in the army itself, there’s nothing […]

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Kilkenny talisman TJ Reid to captain Cats this season

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2019 0

KILKENNY talisman TJ Reid is set to lead the Cats for the second time as Brian Cody’s side prepare to battle for All-Ireland glory in 2019. In line with Kilkenny’s system in which the county’s senior club champions nominate the captain for the following season, reports today confirmed the Ballyhale Shamrocks star has been chosen […]