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Covid case in Cats camp casts fresh doubts over rescheduled league clash

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2021 0

Fresh doubts hang over this weekend’s rescheduled Kilkenny versus Wexford Allianz National Hurling League 1B clash following a fresh Covid-19 positive test. This time a member of the Kilkenny senior panel that has returned a positive test. Last week the match was postponed less than 24 hours before throw-in after two members of the Wexford […]

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Kilkenny hurling legend immortalised with bronze statue

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2021 0

A bronze statue commemorating one of Kilkenny’s greatest hurlers who captained the Cats to three All-Ireland wins will be erected at the entrance of the grounds of his club. The statue of Richard (Dick) ‘Drug’ Walsh will take pride of place at the entrance of Mooncoin GAA grounds after Kilkenny County Council approved the plan. […]

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Cats must wait till July to get their claws into Wexford or Laois

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

Kilkenny received a bye in the first round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship when the draw was made this morning. The Cats will now meet the winners of the Wexford v Laois Quarter Final. On the other side of the draw, Galway received a bye and will meet the winners of the Dublin v […]

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Cats back in league action on May 8, All-Ireland Hurling final set for August 22

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2021 0

Kilkenny hurling fans won’t have to wait long to see their beloved Cats back in action after the GAA announced their intercounty calendar  for 2021. The All-Ireland Hurling Final is due to take place on the weekend of August 21/22 it has been confirmed. And the Cats will be back in league action next month, […]

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Hero of the Gaels: Kilkenny legend pulls no punches in new TG4 documentary

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2021 0

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 […]

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Fantastic friends: Pals of tragic Kilkenny teen raise €20,000 through charity run

By Kilkenny Now 23rd February 2021 0

A group of young men who tragically lost one of their best friends, a young, talented and popular Kilkenny teen, late last year, have raised almost €20,000 for a mental health charity in his memory . The 10 students at Carrick-on-Suir’s Edmund Rice Secondary School are taking part in the ‘Run4Rian, where they will run […]

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Five-time All-Ireland winner steps away from Kilkenny panel for 2021

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2021 0

In yet another blow for the Cats heading into the 2021 season, captain Colin Fennelly has decided to take a year away from Kilkenny hurling panel. The 31-year old Ballyhale Shamrock’s star is understood to have told manager Brian Cody in recent days. It is expected that the five-time All-Ireland winner will return to the […]

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‘Extraordinary man’ – Cats boss Cody hailed after returning to helm for 23rd season

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2021 0

The Kilkenny County Board has ratified Brian Cody as the Senior Hurling manager, his 23rd year in the hot seat. Five-time All-Ireland winner and nine time All-Star, DJ Carey, however, will not be continuing in his role in the backroom team. At the meeting held last night, it was confirmed that James McGarry and Martin […]

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Kilkenny legend to step away from Cats’ management team: report

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2021 0

Kilkenny hurling legend and five-time All-Ireland winner DJ Carey is set to leave the Cats management set-up, according to reports. The nine-time All-Star joined Brian Cody’s backroom team at the end of the 2019 season following Kilkenny’s defeat by Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. News of Carey’s decision to quit the management team, reported in […]

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Cats no longer cream of hurling crop, according to bookies

By Kilkenny Now 17th December 2020 0

The Kilkenny senior hurling team are just fourth favourite to claim back the Liam McCarthy cup in 2021, with newly-crowned All-Ireland champions Limerick unsurprisingly emerging as the bookies’ favourite. The Treaty men put Waterford to the sword on Sunday with an awesome display of total hurling to win their second title in three years. In […]