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Kilkenny legends dominate ‘greatest hurling team of all time’

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2024 0

Kilkenny hurling legends account for almost half of the starting 15 ‘dream team’ compiled in a new book about the GAA and its greatest figures. In an extract from ‘Pulse of the Nation: GAA 140 Years Rankings, Ratings, Tales & Drama,’ top GAA journalists Martin Breheny (Irish Independent) and Donal Keenan (Irish Mail on Sunday) […]

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Top Cats: All-Star backing helps propel Kilkenny legend Aidan into final stages of Dancing With The Stars

By Kilkenny Now 9th March 2020 0

Kilkenny hurling legends turned out in force to support former team Aidan ‘Taggy’ Fogarty on last night’s quarter-final showdown on Dancing With The Stars. And the eight-times All-Ireland champion turned superhoofer didn’t disappoint as he pulled off another impressive performance to make into the final stages of the hit RTÉ programme. Aidan and dance partner […]

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Cats legend: ‘The sending off didn’t decide the All-Ireland final. Tipperary decided the All-Ireland final’

By Kilkenny Now 23rd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IN A week where all the talk around the country focused on last Sunday’s red card in the All-Ireland final, a Kilkenny legend with nine All-Ireland medals believes the red card had no bearing on the outcome of the game. Jackie Tyrell, winner of nine All-Irelands in a 14-year Kilkenny career, believes […]

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Kilkenny family’s never to be forgotten €10,000 All-Ireland experience

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY family had an All-Ireland experience they will never forget, and only the Cats losing prevented it from being a perfect day. Rob O’Sullivan, his wife Clare and their two kids, Robert (10) and Aoibhinn (6) spent the night before the All-Ireland at a specially created sleep-over in Croke Park stadium […]

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Kilkenny legend designs jersey to reflect his career

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY hurling legend has designed his own training gear that evokes emotions of his playing days. Nine-time All-Ireland winner, Jackie Tyrrell has collaborated with Littlewoods Ireland and O’Neills to design a bespoke training top in the run-up to the All-Ireland Final. The training top mixes Jackie’s two passions – hurling and fashion. It […]

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‘Limerick not in top three and won’t win All-Ireland’ – Kilkenny legend Jackie Tyrell

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2019 0

LIMERICK are not in the top three teams in the country and won’t win the All-Ireland this year, Kilkenny legend Jackie Tyrell has predicted. The nine-time All-Ireland winner also said Brian Cody’s current crop of players are also not among the elite just yet. Tyrell was speaking ahead of tomorrow’s much-anticipated Allianz HL Division 1A […]