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Former soccer star with Kilkenny roots takes up top coaching role

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2021 0

A former soccer international with Kilkenny roots has been named as the new Irish football goalkeeping coach. Dean Kiely (50), whose father Larry is from Piltown, has taken over the shot-stopping coaching duties for the Republic of Ireland. Dean had a long and illustrious career between the sticks himself, representing Ireland 11 times over a […]

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KICK-OFF: The Kilkenny & District League soccer round-up

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

LAST weekend saw the second round of the FAI Junior Cup in Kilkenny. Bridge United welcomed Crossbeg of Wexford to Goresbridge on Sunday morning and it was the local side who advanced on a 4-2 scoreline. Freebooters travelled to Shamrock Rovers of Wexford and came away with a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Peter […]

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Under-15 League of Ireland: Carlow Kilkenny FC fall just short in national decider

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2019 0

Wexford FC 2 Carlow Kilkenny 0 By PAUL BROPHY CARLOW KILKENNY FC did everything but score in the final of the Under 15 League of Ireland Shield against Wexford in Ferrycarrig Park, eventually going down 2-0. In his last game as coach of the local team, James Toner’s possession based game was neutralised by a […]

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‘I got the fright of my life’ – freak injury left Kilkenny soccer star fearing for his career

By Kilkenny Now 23rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Republic of Ireland striker Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once again over the weekend, but just a couple of weeks ago he feared he might never play football again. The 25-year-old Kilkenny man scored the only goal in Preston North End’s 1-0 away win at Birmingham City, a win […]

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Kilkenny’s Seanie Maguire scores again, pushes Preston up to third in table

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2019 Post a comment

  By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Irish international Seanie Maguire was on the score sheet once more, scoring the only goal in a win which pushes his club up to third in the championship. Maguire knocked in Preston North End’s opener on 23 minutes in their match away to Birmingham City this afternoon. Preston had to […]

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Kilkenny soccer star knocks in opener and pushes club into top five

By Kilkenny Now 14th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SCORING the opening goal for Preston North End, Kilkenny’s football star Seanie Maguire paved the way for Preston North End’s fourth win of the season. Preston held on to win 2-0 at home against Brentford and pushed the club into the top five in the English Championship. Maguire started out on the […]

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Rising Kilkenny soccer star to shine on European Championships stage

By Kilkenny Now 14th July 2019 0

SEANIE Maguire is not the only Kilkenny man representing the Boys in Green this summer. Kilkenny’s Ciaran Brennan has been called up to the Republic of Ireland under 19 squad for the European Championships in Armenia next week. The 18-year-old played his soccer locally with East End United before signing his first professional contract with Sheffield […]

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WATCH: Kilkenny soccer star shows team-mates how a real game (hurling) is played!

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Ireland soccer international was banging in the goals, as he brought some home comforts over to his club in England. Seanie Maguire’s teammates looked on amazement as he knocked in points and goals with a sliothar as Preston North End players tried their hand at hurling for their pre-season training. Some […]