Kilkenny GAA

Henry Shefflin joins list of managers frustrated by under-20 eligibility rule

Galway boss sees no logic in seven-day window stipulation

Galway strike at the death to force a draw in roller-coaster clash with Kilkenny

Declan McLoughlin’s point tied up a match that had looked out of sight for the Tribesmen entering the last quarter

Weekend hurling previews: Limerick out to answer a few questions against Clare

Henry Shefflin’s Galway will be looking to make no mistake against Kilkenny on his return to Nowlan Park

Kilkenny referees withdraw services from weekend club games over threatening letter sent to official

Decision to strike was taken after a meeting between referees and the county board on Thursday night

King Henry plotting triumphant return to his old stomping ground

Galway boss Shefflin prepares to manage against Kilkenny in Nowlan Park for the first time

Joe Canning: Opening act of the championship leaves us with more questions than answers

Before last weekend, everyone agreed that Limerick couldn’t be beaten; after last weekend, that view slightly changed

TJ Reid returns to Kilkenny line-up as they blitz Westmeath in opener

Cats’ failure to score a goal the only negative as they open defence of Leinster title

Hurling Championship preview: This new-age Limerick team hold all the keys to hurling’s kingdom

Controlled, deliberate, hard-headed, John Kiely’s team has set the bar high for all would-be challengers

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One of first Ukrainian families to arrive in Ireland is leaving for Canada

Yevsiutins arrived in March last year when they swapped Ladyzhyn, a bustling medieval town of more than 22,000 people, for rural Kilkenny

If you don’t shoot, you don’t score: Limerick’s relationship with wides is nuanced

John Kiely bemoaned their efficiency against Kilkenny but analysts found team with the most shots generally wins games

Limerick send out ominous message as they skin Kilkenny without their shooting boots on

Limerick’s careless finishing saw them hitting 15 wides with the breeze in the second half

Limerick ready to collect first silverware of their season

Kiely’s formidable outfit primed to subdue an honest Kilkenny effort

Evolution of Limerick hurling has been defined by clashes against Kilkenny

In each of John Kiely’s first three years as manager they met Kilkenny in the championship; each time they were shaped by the outcome

Tom Morrissey sees history with Kilkenny as driving force of Limerick’s success

Win in 2018 took us to another level but 2019 defeat grounded us, says forward ahead of league final

Experimentation the focus for hurling’s top powers during the league

Over the course of the league campaign, Limerick and Kilkenny have used 37 and 36 players respectively

Ulster and Leinster ready to face off for a super sweet last-16

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Teehan hoping something can be salvaged from debacle of cancelled All Stars’ Canada trip

Timing of the trip to Calgary so close to the championship’s start left country’s top camogie players little option

Division One hurling league final to be played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Limerick and Kilkenny will meet in first Leeside Division One final since 1980

Eoin Downey dismissal removes all the mystery as Kilkenny advance with ease

The Cats will meet Limerick in the league final as a threatened Cork revival was ended by a mass brawl

Hurling previews: Revived Tipperary target elusive win over All-Ireland champions Limerick

Tipperary are aiming to beat the the All-Ireland champions for the first time since 2018

Kilkenny’s post-Cody plan: ‘They epitomise old school values but in the modern way’

Taking the baton from the legendary Brian Cody is no easy task but Derek Lyng and his trusty lieutenants exude all the hallmark qualities of Kilkenny hurling

Davy Fitzgerald content to head for the sun, not the hurling league knock-out stages

2022 league champions Waterford fly to Portugal on Tuesday for warm-weather training

Kilkenny fall over the finish line to book semi-final date with Cork

Cats huffed and puffed to eventually get past Waterford in messy contest

St Kieran’s College make no mistake as they to secure a 24th Croke Cup title

Anthony Ireland Wall, Donagh Murphy and Ted Dunne all score goals in Croke Park decider

Billy Drennan dazzles as Kilkenny beat Dublin by 11 points

Eoin Cody scores two goals for the hosts at Nowlan Park

Shane Cunningham and Joey Holden win Club Player of the Year awards

Both played crucial roles for Kilmacud Crokes and Ballyhale Shamrocks in All-Ireland wins

‘It’s all about the next one’ - TJ Reid still hungry for more success with Kilkenny

Ballyhale star says All-Ireland club triumph was one of the sweetest

Ballyhale Shamrocks dominate selection for club hurling team of the year

Ballyhale’s Adrian Mullen and Joey Holden plus Ballygunner goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe nominated for club hurler of the year

Kilkenny brush Laois aside to get back to winning ways

Laois remain bottom of the table after 13-point defeat

Playing the fame game: How DJ Carey became the GAA’s first superstar

A controversial AIB debt write-down has thrust him back into the headlines but the ex-Kilkenny hurler has always had a complicated relationship with being famous

Tipperary’s first win in Kilkenny since 2008 brings historical echoes

Derek Lyng’s new side unable to repeat famous comeback of lore in manager's first home league match

Tipperary make no mistake this time as Kilkenny’s revolt quashed

Liam Cahill’s side built up a 12-point buffer at half-time as they secure first competitive win in Kilkenny since 2008

Tipperary reach ground zero with Kilkenny clash at Nowlan Park

For the first time in a generation Kilkenny and Tipperary play in the league with new managers

Lyng unfazed by expectations as he settles into Kilkenny hot seat

Six-time All-Ireland winner comfortable in his own skin as he focuses on the task of maximising the Noresiders’ considerable potential

Attacking rugby on the rise suits Ireland; Sigerson Cup a battle in GAA’s fixture wars

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Anne Dalton: ‘If I had 15 medals in my back pocket . . . I’d still say I should have won more’

Former Kilkenny camogie star reflects on her playing career and talks about parenting as part of a same sex couple during Laochra Gael episode

Ireland learn to deal with the ‘uncontrollables’; Justin Rose wins at Pebble Beach

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Lyng’s men lay some historical ghosts to rest in Belfast

Kilkenny hadn’t played a competitive match at Corrigan Park since since a famous shock defeat to Antrim All-Ireland semi-final defeat 80 years ago

National Hurling League: Galway coast past Wexford, while Tipp beat Laois and Kilkenny down Antrim

Dertek Lyng enjoys win in first match at helm

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