Kilkenny GAA

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Kilkenny GAA

Irish:

Cill Chainnigh

Province:

Leinster

Nickname(s):

The Cats

County Colours:

Black and Amber

Grounds:

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Dominant Sport:

Hurling

NFL:

Division 4

NHL:

Division 1

Football Championship:

Tommy Murphy Cup

Hurling Championship:

Liam McCarthy Cup

Ladies' Gaelic football:

Brendan Martin Cup

Camogie:

O'Duffy Cup





Standard colours

The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (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 teams

1 Hurling
2 Gaelic football
- 2.1 Honours
3 Ladies' Gaelic Football
- 3.1 Honours
4 Notable Players
5 See also
6 External links

Hurling

History

Kilkenny are the most successful team in hurling. They have appeared in 54 All-Ireland Finals in all, more than any other county, winning the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 30 times as of 2007 (a record shared with Cork). They are the most successful team in recent years reaching 8 of the last 10 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.

Honours

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 30
- 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, 2007
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships: 10
- 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 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 League: 13
- 1933, 1962, 1966, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Leinster Senior Hurling Championships: 64
- 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, 2007
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

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
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

Managerial History

Name	Club	From	To	All-Ireland titles	Leinster titles
Fr. Tommy Maher	Thomastown	1957	1978	1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975	1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978
Pat Henderson/ Eddie Keher	Fenians/ Rower-Inistioge	1978	1980	1979	1979
Phil 'Fan' Larkin	James Stephens	1980	1981
Pat Henderson	Fenians	1981	1987	1982, 1983	1982, 1983, 1986, 1987
Eddie Keher	Rower Instioge	1987	1988
Dermot Healy	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1988	1990
Ollie Walsh	Thomastown	1990	1995	1992, 1993	1991, 1992, 1993
Nickey Brennan	Conahy Shamrocks	1995	1997
Kevin Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1997	1998		1998
Brian Cody	James Stephens	1998	Present	2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Gaelic football

Kilkenny county footballers have not won a senior championship match since 1929 when they defeated Louth by 0-10 to 0-4. Their best championship result 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 won three games 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 the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They are also the only county which dose not enter the National Football League. They do, however, play in the Tommy Murphy Cup.

Honours

Leinster Senior Football Championships: 3
- 1888, 1900, 1911

Ladies' Gaelic Football

Kilkenny are the current All Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Champions having beaten London by 3-5 to 2-5 in Croke Park.

Honours

All Ireland Ladies' Under-16 Finalists: 1
- 1975
All Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Champions: 1
- 2007

Notable Players

Ollie Walsh
Ger Fennelly
Noel Skehan
Frank Cummins

External links

• • e Gaelic Athletic Association National Leagues
National Football League
Division 1	Donegal • Derry • Galway • Kerry • Kildare • Laois • Mayo • Tyrone
Division 2	Armagh • Cavan • Cork • Dublin • Meath • Monaghan • Roscommon • Westmeath
Division 3	Down • Fermanagh • Limerick • Leitrim • Longford • Louth • Sligo • Wexford
Division 4	Antrim • Carlow • Clare • London • Offaly • Tipperary • Waterford • Wicklow
National Hurling League
Division 1	1A Clare • Cork • Down • Offaly • Waterford • Wexford1B Antrim • Dublin • Galway • Kilkenny • Limerick • Tipperary
Division 2	2A Armagh • Carlow • Derry • Laois • Meath • Wicklow2B Kerry • Kildare • London • Mayo • Westmeath
Division 3	3A Donegal • Leitrim • Louth • Monaghan • Sligo3B Cavan • Fermanagh • Roscommon • Longford • Tyrone
Connacht • Leinster • Munster • Ulster • Third level

• • e All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Liam McCarthy Cup (2008)
Antrim \| Clare \| Cork \| Dublin \| Galway \| Kilkenny \| Laois \| Limerick \| Offaly \| Tipperary \| Waterford \| Wexford Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)