Kilkenny GAA Thread

Mooncoin certainly and Piltown to a lesser extent generally have players on the underage county teams every year, senior level, maybe not so much. Who were the last players to play senior inter county from these clubs? Eddie Mackey and Liam McCarthy are the two that spring to mind

I heard conor browne might be going travelling anyone else hear this?James maher linked up with the kk panel in Thailand. I wouldn't be suprised to see himself and carey back next spring.

The capitation grant that the county board gets should be determined by ability of clubs it field football (or hurling) teams. Rough shotting football in kk and clubs not playing ball by entering teams should see the half the gaa grant disappear. That will focus co board minds fairly quickly. Let that halfing of the grant trickle to club level (club coaching grant) to clubs that don't enter teams. Simples

Agreed.

If Buckely, Alan Murphy, Richie Leahy, Forgarty (Maybe harsh here) are still knocking around and a few others I wouldn’t be confident.

I certainly don't know the ins and outs of what happened but it was fairly well known James was going travelling. I think he played the relegation semi final and I heard he was asked to come back for the final but declined. James played most/all the matches when he was here I think. From what I heard it was another player that caused alot of trouble. Pity cause he's a good player and played u21 for kk.from the outside looking in I don't think it's James mahers fault Freshford are junior.

Sorry about the Mooncoin question, I picked it up wrong. I thought you were questioning there commitment there is serious work going on down there and also in Callan,Castlecomer,and Thomastown. A lot of the others will have to put in bigger efforts,I’m talking about clubs with centers of population. Someone recent Commented on the Boro with huge numbers to pick from.the Boro put in a serious effort over the last twenty years,it doesn’t happen by chance.

Isn't James meagher someway involved with the mooncoin?they're doing a lot right underage and are probably favourites for this year's u21. Callan is another who are definitely on the right track if they can keep young lads hurling. Lisdowney and young irelands also doing good work.

Dicksboro seemed to have the underage cracked and are gobbling up alot underage. I know they've good numbers but credit must go to the coaches. What must be very dissapointing is they have failed to translate this to senior. I know the shamrocks have just won 5 in a row and have being very dominant but it's dissapointing with all the underage success ciallian buckley Is the only one to make an impact for kk. Hopefully Clifford,moylan,shine and these will make the breakthrough over the next few years.

The 2 James Mahers dont get along with the hurling fraternity in Freshford by all accounts

Will maher transfer to a limerick club?

I did hear he was moving to Limerick it would be a nice commute to Freshford.i was hoping he would of broken into the kk team by now. I know injury set him back but a good hurler on his day.

3 club teams out the weekend. Skeough make the trip to mulligar not really know whats facing them.i was Impressed with him in the junior final. When windgap got it back level they drove on again. If they can get the same performance tomor they should have enough.

Danesfort will be down two players from the county final when they face the meath senior champions. Darren booth suffered a serious leg injury cruciate and bone break and jack Bruton who scored 6 points from play in a man of the match performance is gone abroad to teach. Trim have around 7 players on the meath panel and this is a senior club so danesfort won't want to take anything for granted. Nass beat Glenmore last year and I remember carrickshock were steeped a few years ago against the meath champions away.

Shamrocks look to be on a mission this year after the heartbreaking defeat last year.joey and Colin look to be staying around. Alot of the players were away with the county on holidays last week. They won't take anything for granted and would have knuckled down this week.it would be a big suprise if Castletown geoughan get a result here.

Congratulations to trim the better team on the day. Danesfort failed to reach anything like the performance of the county final.they had two wides at the end to level it but drove them wide.

They have to be very disappointed with that result to day.

No I think your right. Shamrocks apart any other senior co champs from kk would struggle to win a senior provincial title.

I think the standard of club hurling has come on huge in the last 10 or 15 years. The effort and preparation that goes into it now.

While it's probably fair enough to say bar the shamrocks a kk club would struggle to make headway at senior the same can be said in other counties.There's a few elite clubs in the country. Ballygunnner,shamrocks,St Thomas and slaughtneill. You can probably throw na piarsiagh in with the 2 caseys now back. But these clubs are a good bit ahead of their challengers in their county

Ballyhale are a joy to watch the way they always use the man In the better position and if there's a half chance of a goal they'll go for it. Still no brian cody who was in a boot a few weeks ago and tj and paddy mullen didnt play today.They're blooding lads like killian corcoran and niall shortall. Colin is still a great target man and always wins frees. He still has something to offer in a kk Jersey I think.

They'll come up against Tom mullallys naas side next . Tom is a shrewd operator and a good coach. He'll have a plan In place and naas won the intermediate last year in croke park but shamrocks are a great team.

Thomastown needed extra time to beat a gallant Dunnamaggin side minus Denis walsh.Dunnamaggin came from behind to level it in normal time.Ttown outscored Dunnamaggin 7-1 i think in extra time.It got very dark early this evening it must of being difficult in thomastown they probably should of started the match earlier in the event of a draw. Mooncoin beat o loughlins in the other semi. Ballycallan beat lisdowney by a point in the b final and conahy will face graignamanagh in the d after they beat ballyragget.