Kilkenny GAA Thread

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Does anybody have DEFINITE dates when the local under age championships start?

Many thanks in advance.

Who won the Division 1 feile can anyone tell me ?

Thank you very much. Galway have some record in the feile

Dunnamaggin are in galway aswell for feile. With family playing in both football Feile and minor all Ireland that evening. Could be quick spin back.

We won't make it back anyway.Amazing there isn't as much uproar in Galway about they playing football quarter finals on same day as feile. Surely they could have played on Sunday.

Without a doubt, so many wonderful memories, my favourite "Tennyson the poet, to Reid the magician and is it sweet, is it sweet, it's over the bar" Irreplaceable.RIP Micheal O Muircheartaigh.

Pat Fox being chased by Joe Rabbitte, first time I've seen a fox being chased by a rabbit

I took these photos today at Talbotsinch the Butts roundabout and my house.

Wise words indeed I have to agree with everything you said.

A good friend of mine told me a story about Mícheál O Muircheartaigh attending a function in Gaelscoil Osraí in Kilkenny to celebrate their anniversary and where Mícheáls cousin is actually the principal.

Mícheál when asked afterwards over a cup of tea to share his memories of great Kilkenny teams and players he of course waxed lyrical as only Mícheál could do about our legendary teams and players of the past and his huge admiration for them,but two of his standout memories involving Kilkenny was to witness Lar Corbett scoring three goals to take down what he regarded as the best hurling team of all times in 2010 and his favourite hurling experience of all watching Offaly make the breakthrough by beating reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Leinster final of 1980, he called it the start of the Offaly miracle.

His point was neither of those outcomes were expected against the might of Kilkenny and what a huge compliment it was to Kilkenny that these were stand out memories.

My friend remarked that not many people could speak so joyfully about two famous and painful Kilkenny defeats and yet make a Kilkenny audience feel ten feet tall.

What a man. RIP

Huge day for the Minors Saturday, a win would be fantastic for Kilkenny Hurling and would be a boost for the county heading into the senior game a week later. Kilkenny Co Board starting to promote the game a little better in last couple of days, but we are still miles behind what Tipp are doing. They should be saturating social media to get a huge crowd to the Park, and lobbying clubs to push it as well. We are in the midst of a relative famine when it comes to all Irelands with only one win in the 3 main grades since 2015, and a massive show of support in a HOME All Ireland would be a great way to reinvigorate enthusiasm in a sluggish Kilkenny support base.

On the pitch, I hope Kilkenny can cope with Tipps sweeper system, something that appears to be becoming a tradition for Tipperary as a hurling county with the 20's and Seniors both deploying sweepers this year also. If their 14 and 11 are held, we'll go a long way to winning, with my other slight concern being our age profile. Over half of our team are under 16, albeit some exceptional players in there. Whatever team is picked, we have a strong panel and the bench impact was fantastic the last day which hopefully augurs well. What we seem to have as well from what I've seen, is great pace all over the field which is vitally important in the modern game. Win or lose we should get some good prospects from this group.

I just hope the minors can go out and express themselves without feeling too much pressure. They’re only kids so it’s a big occasion for sure with a big crowd expected. Is there more or less pressure on these young lads having the final as the main event if you like as opposed to being the curtain raiser on the big day? I think it’s live on TV too.

So is Sean O'Brien a son of Larry? Those of a certain vintage might remember Larry, hurled with Slievrue and played at wing back on the Kilkenny minor team in 1984 that drew a famous All-Ireland with Limerick (famous for a huge Kilkenny comback) and lost the replay by a point. A fine hurler, around 5 foot 3, with the heart of a lion.

A couple of recent Dicksboro hurlers (Evan and James Carroll) would be first cousins of this O'Brien chap if I have it right.