Kilkenny GAA
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The Kilkenny County Board of the
In hurling, Kilkenny competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 36 times (a national record), the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 73 times, and the National Hurling League, which it has won 19 times(a national record).
The camogie team has won the both National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 15 times each.
Hurling
Clubs
12 club teams annually contest the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. Tullaroan and Ballyhale Shamrocks are the competition's most successful clubs with 20 championship titles apiece, though Shamrocks has a better record in both the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. A secondary competition, the Kilkenny Senior Hurling League, takes place annually between the same 12 teams.
A second tier of 12 club teams compete annually in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship as well as in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling League.
A third tier of 12 club teams compete annually in the Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship as well as in the Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling League.
County team
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Kilkenny is the most successful county team at senior level in the history of the game of hurling. Kilkenny has won the All-Ireland Championship 36 times as of 2019 and has won the provincial Leinster Championship on 71 occasions as of 2019.[2]
The 1930s proved to be one of the county's most successful decades, book-ended by two of the most famous All-Ireland finals of all-time.[citation needed] The 1930s saw Kilkenny battle it out with Limerick for the title of team of the decade. In 1931, Kilkenny were back as Leinster champions before squaring up to Cork in the All-Ireland final. At half-time Cork lead. However, Kilkenny fought back to secure a draw. In the replay, Cork again led at half-time. However, Kilkenny fought back to force a second draw. In the third game of the series, Kilkenny were without the services of Lory Meagher, and Cork secured the victory by seven points. 1932 saw Kilkenny back in the All-Ireland final. Clare, surprise winners in Munster, provided the opposition. Kilkenny won the game by a goal and claimed their first championship in a decade. The following year, Kilkenny were back in their third successive championship decider, this time against Limerick. Once again, the game was a close affair; however, Kilkenny won the day to seal back-to-back All-Ireland titles. In 1935, Kilkenny regained their Leinster crown before lining out in the All-Ireland final. Limerick provided the opposition once again. Kilkenny won the close game by a single point. In 1939, the team was back in the All-Ireland final. On the day that the Second World War broke out, Kilkenny took on Cork at Croke Park. Both sides were level throughout much of the game, the climax of which was played in a thunderstorm. Terry Leahy was the hero for Kilkenny as he scored the winning point in the dying seconds of the game.[citation needed]
Kilkenny were forced to withdraw from the championship in the early 1940s because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the county. They regained the Leinster title in 1943, but Antrim pulled off the biggest hurling shock of all-time by defeating 'the Cats' in the All-Ireland semi-final.[citation needed] In 1946, Kilkenny were back in the championship decider, this time taking on Cork. The first-half saw both sides trade the lead on several occasions. However, in the second half Cork scored five goals to deny Kilkenny for the second consecutive occasion. The Cork-Kilkenny rematch took place in the 1947 All-Ireland final. Cork were aiming to win a sixth All-Ireland title in seven years, while Kilkenny were hoping to avoid being the first team in history to lose three All-Ireland finals in-a-row. Kilkenny were leading for much of the game. However, Cork scored two late goals to nearly win the match. Terry Leahy scored the winning point once again for Kilkenny to give the county its thirteenth All-Ireland title. The All-Ireland victory in 1947 ushered in a lean period in Kilkenny hurling that lasted for over a decade.[tone] The 1957 All-Ireland final saw Kilkenny take on Waterford for the first time in the history of the championship. Waterford led with fifteen minutes left in the match. However, Kilkenny fought back to win by 4–10 to 3–12. In the 1963 All-Ireland final, Waterford fought back from being 11-points down. However, Kilkenny won by two points. In 1964 Kilkenny faced the 1961 & 1962 champions Tipperary in the All Ireland final, on this occasion they were beaten by a dominant physical Tipperary team.[tone] 1967 saw Kilkenny win another Leinster title before lining out in their fourth All-Ireland final of the decade. Tipp again provided the opposition; however, Kilkenny got goals at vital times and secured victory. It was Kilkenny's first championship victory against their rivals Tipperary in 44 years of Championship hurling.[citation needed]
The Kilkenny hurling teams from 1969 until 1975 featured such players as
In 2000,
Kilkenny then met Galway in the All Ireland Final, and when
Camogie
Kilkenny's Camogie breakthrough came with their first Leinster title in 1972 and All-Ireland title in 1974.[7] They have enjoyed two periods of ascendancy in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, winning 13 titles in all, three titles in four years 1974–77, another in 1981, seven in a row between 1984 and 1991 then 1994 and the latest victory coming in 2016. They won a National Camogie League four-in-a-row 1987–90 and nine titles in all by 1993, adding five more in 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. They dominated the under-18 minor grade in the four years after its introduction winning the championships of 2006–9.[8][9][10]
Five Kilkenny clubs have won the
Notable
Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010–2015, "Our Game, Our Passion,"[12] five new camogie clubs are to be established in the county by 2015.[13]
Kilkenny have the following achievements in camogie.
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: 15
- (click on year for team line-outs)
- All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship: 2
- 2008, 2016
- All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship: 1
- 2002
- All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship: 7
- 2009, 2013, 2015, 2021
- All-Ireland Under-16 Camogie Championship: 7
- 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- National Camogie League: 15
- (click on date for teams)
- National Junior Camogie League (Division 2): 1
- 2006
- Camogie All-Stars: 46
- 2004 (1), 2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (5), 2010 (1), 2013 (4), 2014 (3), 2016 (8), 2017 (4), 2018 (5), 2019 (4), 2020 (6), 2021 (3)
Football
Clubs
Their local competition is the Kilkenny Senior Football Championship.
County team
In the GAA's early years, Kilkenny had some success at football. Between 1888 and 1911 Kilkenny contested seven Leinster finals, winning three. They won the first-ever Leinster Senior Football Championship, which was played in 1888, with a victory over Wexford. However, the rest of the championship was abandoned due to the players’ tour of America, known as the US invasion. Further success in Leinster followed in 1900 against Louth 12 points to no score. Kilkenny went on beat Tipperary in the 1900 All-Ireland semi final, 1–7 to 0–8. The game was refixed following an objection by Tipperary, Kilkenny refused to play, so the match was awarded to Tipperary. Tipperary went on to win the All-Ireland final, beating Galway 2–20 to 0–1. The 1911 Leinster final between Kilkenny and Meath was awarded to Meath because Kilkenny were late. Kilkenny objected and won by 2–4 to 1–1 on the field of play. In 1914, the young team mascot, Peter Dunne, had to line out to complete their team. 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. 1982 was their last championship campaign. In the league 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.
Kilkenny is unique among the 32 Irish county associations in not participating in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They played in the Tommy Murphy Cup, a second-tier competition for weaker footballing counties, for four of the five years it was played. However, even in this competition they lost every game they played. Kilkenny entered the National Football League for the first time in many years in 2008 but did not find any success, losing every game bar one up to, and including, the 2011 competition. The county withdrew from that competition following the 2012 edition.[14] Kilkenny compete in the Leinster Junior Football Championship, their most notable win coming in 2011, when they defeated Wexford 3–5 to 0–13.
There is an excellent underage and adult club football structure in Kilkenny. Glenmore, Mullinavat, Railyard and Muckalee are the football strongholds. However the lure of county and club hurling championships deprives Kilkenny of its best footballers.
In 2015, Kilkenny won the All-Britain Football Championship, defeating Scotland in the final.[15]
Honours
- Leinster Senior Football Championships: 3
- 1888, 1900, 1911
- All-Britain Football Championships: 3
- 2015, 2017, 2018
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
Ladies' football
Kilkenny won the 2007 All Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Championship, defeating London by 3–5 to 2–5 in Croke Park. Chairman – John Gorey Secretary – Trish Dempsey Treasurer – Richie Windle PRO – Noelle Curran
Kilkenny have the following achievements in ladies' football.
- All Ireland Ladies' Under-16 Finalists: 1
- 1975
- All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship: 1
- 2007
References
- ^ Grace, Edwina (13 July 2022). "Following the black and amber across Kilkenny city and county". KCLR 96FM.
- ^ "Leinster SHC Cats claw Galway in second half". GAA. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ [dead link]Moran, Sean. "Leinster Hurling Final 2000". The Irish Times.
- ^ [dead link]Moran, Sean. "All Ireland Hurling Final 2000". The Irish Times.
- ^ [dead link]"All Ireland Hurling Final 2003". The Irish Times.
- ^ Humphries, Tom. "Leinster Hurling Final 2009". The Irish Times.
- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- ^ 2007 Kilkenny 3–12 Cork 0–7 at Páirc Uí Rinn, report on Camogie.ie
- ^ 2008 Kilkenny 3–15 Clare 1–7 at Geraldine Park in Athy, report on camogie.ie
- ^ 2009 Kilkenny 5–10 Clare 3–8 report on Munster GAA website and on Breakingnews.ie Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "All-stars on camogie.ie". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Irish Independent 29 March 2010: Final goal for camogie
- ^ National Development Plan 2010–2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kilkenny footballers withdraw from Allianz League". Hogan Stand. 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Kilkenny crowned All-Britain football champions - HoganStand".