Kilkenny GAA
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| Irish: | Cill Chainnigh | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Leinster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Cats | ||||||||||||||||
| County Colours: | Black and Amber | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant Sport: | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Do not compete | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Tommy Murphy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Liam McCarthy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Cill Chainnigh) or Kilkenny GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board is also responsible for the Kilkenny inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.
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[edit] Hurling
[edit] History
Kilkenny are one of the most successful teams in hurling. They have appeared in 53 All-Ireland Finals in all, more than any other county, and have won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 29 times in all as of 2006. Only Cork hold more titles than Kilkenny. They are the most successful team in recent years reaching 6 of the last 8 All-Ireland Finals. The county holds a number of distinctive records in hurling championship history, however the distinction of winning three All-Ireland titles in a row has only been attained once (1911-1913). They have however completed numerous "doubles". The first seven titles were won in nine years under Jim Droog Walsh and the Graces. Four titles were won in the 1930s, the hey-day of Lory Meagher (whom a centre in Tullaroan honours), after a famous twice-drawn final against Cork was lost and an inexplicable slip-up in 1939. Between 1963 and 1982 nine titles including those under the direction of Fr Tommy Maher, the original modern hurling coach. From 1961 to 1981 Kilkenny were never out of the provincial final.They have participated in some of the greatest games in hurling history - Terry Leahy's last-puck win in 1939 in a thunderstorm on the day that World War 2 was declared; Leahy's finishing brace for another one-point victory over Cork in 1947; named by many as the greatest final of all time, a one-point victory over Waterford in 1957; the five All-Ireland finals that brought three victories for the Pat Henderson - Paddy Delaney - Eddie Keher team between 1971 and 1975; and the 1982 and 1983 wins over Cork.
[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 29
- 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006
- All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championships: 10
- 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships: 18
- 1931, 1935, 1936, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 9
- 1928, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995
- National Hurling Leagues: 13
- 1933, 1962, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championships: 63
- 1888, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- Leinster Under 21 Hurling Championships: 21
- 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championships: 51
- 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
- Leinster Junior Hurling Championships: 25
- 1909, 1911, 1913, 1916, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002
[edit] Current Team
The following is the team that lined out for Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final on July 23, 2006:
| Number | Player | Position | Local Club | ||
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| 1 | James McGarry | Goalkeeper | Bennetsbridge | ||
| 2 | Mick Kavanagh | Right Full Back | St.Lachtains | ||
| 3 | Noel Hickey | Full Back | Dunnamaggin | ||
| 4 | Jackie Tyrell (Capt.) | Left Full Back | James Stephens | ||
| 5 | James Ryall | Right Wing Back | Graigue-Ballycallan | ||
| 6 | John Tennyson | Centre Back | Carrickshock | ||
| 7 | Tommy Walsh | Left Wing Back | Tullaroan | ||
| 8 | Derek Lyng | Midfielder | Emeralds | ||
| 9 | James Fitzpatrick | Midfielder | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| 10 | Richie Power | Right Wing Forward | Carrickshock | ||
| 11 | Henry Shefflin | Centre Forward | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| 12 | Eoin Larkin | Left Wing Forward | James Stephens | ||
| 13 | Eddie Brennan | Right Corner Forward | Graigue-Ballycallan | ||
| 14 | Martin Comerford | Full Forward | O'Loughlin Gaels | ||
| 15 | Aidan Fogarty | Left Corner Forward | Emeralds | ||
| Substitutes | |||||
| 16 | P.J. Ryan | Goalkeeper | Fenians | ||
| 17 | Brian Hogan | Centre Back | O'Loughlin Gaels | ||
| 18 | Richie Mullally | Midfield | Glenmore | ||
| 19 | Stephen Maher | Left Corner Back | Tullaroan | ||
| 20 | John Dalton | Centre Back | Carrickshock | ||
| 21 | P.J. Delaney | Centre back | Fenians | ||
| 22 | Michael Fennelly | Midfield | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| 23 | Michael Rice | Left Wing Forward | Carrickshock | ||
| 24 | Eoin McCormack | Right Corner Forward | James Stephens | ||
| 25 | Willie O'Dwyer | Right Wing Forward | Mullinavat | ||
| 26 | Peter Cleere | Midfield | Blacks and Whites | ||
| 27 | Austin Murphy | Centre Forward | Clara | ||
| 28 | Eoin Reid | Left Corner Forward | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| 29 | Seán Cummins | Left Corner Back | Rower Inistioge | ||
| 30 | Seaghan O'Neill | Dunnamaggin | |||
| 31 | J.J. Delaney | Full Back | Fenians | ||
| 32 | Donnacha Cody | Left Corner Back | James Stephens | ||
| Management Team | |||||
| Brian Cody | Manager | James Stephens | |||
| Martin Fogarty | Selector | Erins Own | |||
| Michael Dempsey | Selector | ||||
[edit] Gaelic football
Kilkenny county footballers have now passed 75 years since they won a senior championship match: in 1929 they beat Louth by ten points to four and the nearest they came since was a 3-8 to 3-4 defeat against Kildare in 1961, a year after they reached the Leinster Junior Championship final. Their 1970-71 league campaign yielded four victories and they managed to string together three wins in a row in early 1988 League and O'Byrne Cup games. In 1914 the young team mascot, Peter Dunne, had to line out to complete their team. Kilkenny won three Leinster Senior Football Championships before 1911, when the match was awarded first to Meath because Kilkenny were late, then to Kilkenny after they had won by 2-4 to 1-1 on the field of play.
Kilkenny is unique among the 32 county associations in not entering a team in either the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship or the National Football League.
[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: None
- All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championships: None
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: None
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: None
- National Football Leagues: None
- Leinster Senior Football Championships: 3
- 1888, 1900, 1911
- Leinster Under 21 Football Championships: None
- Leinster Minor Football Championships: None
- Leinster Junior Football Championships: None
[edit] Famous Players
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Kilkenny on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Kilkenny teams
- Club championship winners
- Official Kilkenny GAA site
- KilkennyCats.com GAA fans forum site
| Gaelic Athletic Association (2006) | ||
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| National Football League | ||
| Division 1 | A |
Cork | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Mayo | Monaghan | Offaly | Tyrone |
| B |
Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Meath | Wexford |
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| Division 2 | A |
Carlow | Clare | Donegal | Leitrim | London | Longford | Roscommon | Westmeath |
| B |
Antrim | Cavan | Limerick | Louth | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Wicklow |
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| National Hurling League | ||
| Division 1 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 2 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 3 | A | |
| B | ||
| Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level | ||
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Liam McCarthy Cup (2006) | ||
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Clare | Cork | Dublin | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Offaly | Tipperary | Waterford | Westmeath | Wexford |
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Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
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