Club kings Ballyhale Shamrocks are red hot favourites to retain their status as Kilkenny Senior Hurling champions after booking a spot in the final with a semi-final victory over James Stephens. The reigning All-Ireland champions went into the break level at Nowlan Park on Sunday and found themselves narrowly behind at the start of the […]
Warm tributes were paid today to Kilkenny hurling legend Liam ‘Chunky’ O’Brien, who died on Monday night. The legendary four-time All-Ireland winner died peacefully at St Luke’s General Hospital at the age of 72. Chunky, a four-time All-Star and former Player of the Year, won four All-Irelands with the Cats in the 1970s also had […]
A Kilkenny hurling legend with eight All-Ireland titles to his name has been selected for the Laochra Gael treatment. Eoin Larkin will feature on the popular TG4 programme over the coming season. The James Stephen’s clubman played for Kilkenny seniors for 12 years between 2004 and 2016, pocketing eight All-Ireland’s and 10 Leinster championships along […]
Ballyhale Shamrocks will march into the Kilkenny Senior Club Hurling final as hot odds-on shots for a third consecutive crown after grinding it out in a gripping semi-final encounter against James Stephens. The defending All-Ireland champions edged their way into the decider on Saturday when an upset had looked to be on the cards. But […]
IT was a good afternoon for the team in white and green UPMC Nowlan Park as Ballyhale Shamrocks retained their Senior hurling title and Tullaroan picked up the intermediate title. Ballyhale Shamrocks, the reigning county, Leinster and All-Ireland Champions overcame a plucky James Stephen’s team in the St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling final, to […]
KILKENNY is well represented in the An Post Irish Book Awards 2019 nominations. The written accounts of two inspirational Kilkenny figures, Eoin Larkin and Vicky Phelan, and the battles they encountered during their lives, are shortlisted for Ireland’s most prestigious writing award. Eight-time All-Ireland winner, Eoin Larkin sees his book “Camouflage – My Story”