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Slick Cats down dogged Dubs in hurling league opener

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 0

It took Kilkenny a while to shake off a determined Dublin challenge at UPMC Nowlan Park this afternoon, but once they did they eased away to a decisive 12-point victory. All week-long Kilkenny’s management team were talking up this Dubs in a game that had a real feel of a Leinster Championship match about it. […]

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Dublin football legend, Kilkenny pub owner Bernard Brogan, calls time on glittering GAA career

By Kilkenny Now 25th October 2019 0

SEVEN-time All-Ireland winner, Dublin football legend and Kilkenny pub owner Bernard Grogan has hung up his boots after a glittering inter-county career. The 35-year old, whose has close family and business connection to Kilkenny, called time on his highly decorated Dublin career which included being named Footballer of the Year in 2010. In his retirement statement […]

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Five-in-a-row All-Ireland winner in Kilkenny to highlight intellectual disabilty inclusion

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A FIVE-in-a-row All-Ireland winner is in Kilkenny this week to throw his considerable weight behind a programme focusing on community inclusion for people with intellectual disability. Dean Rock, Dublin footballer and part of the record-breaking team that picked up it’s fifth All-Ireland on the trot just last month, is a guest speaker […]

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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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SPONSORED: Brogan’s Bar and Kilkenny – a match made in heaven!

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 0

BERNARD Brogan’s football CV is impressive, to say the least. Dublin’s legendary forward has six All-Irelands, 11 Leinster titles, five National Leagues and four All-Stars to his credit. Winning comes naturally to the 2010 Footballer of the Year. So it’s no surprise that Brogan’s Bar has proved a winner on the Kilkenny social scene. What […]

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Break with tradition – Saturday evening semi-final for Kilkenny’s side of All Ireland draw

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By COLIN BARTLEY IN A break with tradition, the GAA are to hold the first of this year’s All Ireland hurling semi-finals on a Saturday evening, and Kilkenny could be playing. Today the GAA confirmed the times and dates of the remaining fixtures in this year’s hurling championship. The first semi-final will feature All Ireland […]

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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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History made in Callan as All-Ireland football champs Dublin take on Cork in challenge match

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

HISTORY was made in Callan yesterday evening as the county Kilkenny town played host to a ‘secret’ challenge match between All-Ireland football champions Dublin and their Cork rivals. The game, which took place yesterday evening at John Locke Park, was largely kept under wraps. And the so-called ‘friendly’ was an extremely competitive affair