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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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Ballyhale put Ballygunner to the sword and march into All-Ireland club final

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2019 0

BALLYHALE are just one match away from being crowned All-Ireland senior club hurling champions for the seventh time. They’ve already won the crown six times, but now King Henry Shefflin’s talented young guns have a chance to go one better in  Croke Park next month after they put Ballygunner to the sword this evening. In […]

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King Henry: ‘There is nothing as beautiful as walking up John Street and seeing Kilkenny Castle’

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

HURLING legend Henry Shefflin has spoken of his deep pride representing Kilkenny and his beloved club Ballyhale, and how the city’s beauty still has the power to take his breath away. “When it comes to the city there is nothing as beautiful as walking up John Street towards High Street and seeing Kilkenny Castle come […]

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‘Henry will manage Cats one day’ – nine-time All Ireland winner Tommy Walsh

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2018 0

FORMER Kilkenny star and nine-time All-Ireland winner Tommy Walsh says he believes Henry Shefflin will manage the Cats one day. But the Tullaroan legend says he isn’t sure if ‘King Henry’ will be the man to take Brian Cody’s managerial crown. Shefflin has been a revelation in his first season as coach of his home […]

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‘We met in Langton’s where we had our first dance … and our first kiss’ – when Henry met Deirdre

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2018 0

HENRY Shefflin’s wife Deirdre has described how her father told her ‘to stay away from him, he has a busy year ahead of him’ after she first told her family she was dating the hurling star. Deirdre, who played camogie and hails from a strong GAA background, recalls her family’s fairly typical Kilkenny hurling response […]