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Kilkenny legend to step away from Cats’ management team: report

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2021 0

Kilkenny hurling legend and five-time All-Ireland winner DJ Carey is set to leave the Cats management set-up, according to reports. The nine-time All-Star joined Brian Cody’s backroom team at the end of the 2019 season following Kilkenny’s defeat by Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. News of Carey’s decision to quit the management team, reported in […]

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20 Cats answer Brian Cody’s call to support Kilkenny’s recovery

By Kilkenny Now 7th August 2020 0

More than 20 enthusiastic local residents have answered Brian Cody’s call to play their part in supporting Kilkenny’s economic recovery. It follows a recent call out by the legendary hurling coach’s for volunteers to join the Kilkenny Welcome Team. The Welcome Team hit the streets for the first time over the Bank Holiday weekend, decked […]

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Your county needs you: Cody calls for Cats to help with tourism drive

By Kilkenny Now 13th July 2020 0

Kilkenny is looking for volunteers to help highlight how what we already know – how great this city and county is! A new initiative, aimed at people stay-cationing in Kilkenny, is looking for people willing to be an advocate for the county and a convenient support for visitors. Kilkenny County Council is launching the Kilkenny Welcome […]

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Cream of New York society fork out $20,000 for Kilkenny’s Big Apple gala fundraiser

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2019 0

KILKENNY GAA has taken a big bite out the Big Apple, by making their trip to the New York Hurling Classic this weekend a profitable one. The county board were using the dinner to raise funds for a hurling development at St Kieran College by asking ex-pats and the corporate community in New York to […]

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Kilkenny eight time All-Ireland winner’s new book on battles on the field, battlefields and his secret battles

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY EIGHT-TIME All-Ireland winner Eoin Larkin is preparing to launch his biography, just days before he launches into another tilt at a county championship. Eoin Larkin will line out for James Stephen’s against Ballyhale Shamrocks in the County Senior Hurling Final this Sunday. This evening his boss for all of those All-Ireland wins, […]

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Top Cat Cody’s back for another crack at Liam McCarthy – with DJ on the sideline

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY BRIAN Cody will lead Kilkenny’s hurlers for a 22nd year as manager. The 11-time All-Ireland winning coach’s ratification for the 2020 season was confirmed at a meeting of the Kilkenny County Board last night. James McGarry and Cats legend DJ Carey have, as expected, been ratified as selectors for the season. Meanwhile,  […]

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Dubs up first for Cats: Leinster Hurling Championship 2020 fixtures announced

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY will take on Dublin in the opening round of the 2020 Leinster Hurling Championship. The Leinster Council announced the fixtures this morning and the Cats have possibly the best draw, having the bye week on the third weekend. Kilkenny face Eddie Brennan’s Laois in the second round of matches, then getting […]

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Kilkenny legend DJ to be named selector in Brian Cody’s new backroom team: report

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY hurling manager Brian Cody is ready to turn to one of the Cats all-time legends as he looks to revamp his backroom team after the departures of long-time assistant Michael Dempsey and former player Derek Lyng. DJ Carey, Cody’s old lieutenant and five-time All-Ireland winner, is expected to be named as […]

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Cats shake-up: Cody loses Dempsey from backroom team, Lyng to follow

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By Colin Bartley BRIAN Cody looks likely to extend his reign as Kilkenny Hurling manager but his backroom team for 2020 will be unrecognisable. Two of Cody’s most trusted generals have decided to step away from the Kilkenny backroom team. For the first time in 15 seasons, Mick Dempsey will not be prowling the sideline […]

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To the Faithful departed … Kilkenny legend Michael Fennelly is Offaly’s new manager

By Kilkenny Now 28th August 2019 0

MICHAEL Fennelly is the latest graduate of Brian Cody’s All-Ireland winning academy to go into hurling management. The Ballyhale Shamrocks man has followed the examples of clubmate Henry Shefflin and inter-county colleagues DJ Carey and Eddie Brennan after it was confirmed last night that he is set to become Offaly’s new manager. The eight-time All-Ireland […]