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Stripeywomen march on in search of silverware BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Glen Dimplex Senior Camogie Championship Group 2, Round 3, UPMC Nowlan Park  Kilkenny 5-15 Offaly 3-9 On the day that Irish boxing legend Katie Taylor visited UPMC Nowlan Park, our senior camogs put on a winning performance, hitting five majors as they …

By John Power. JJ Kavanagh Junior A Hurling League Barrow Rangers 2-18; Mullinavat 2-16 Barrow Rangers recorded a hard-fought two-point victory over Mullinavat in an entertaining and competitive contest played in Paulstown. The visitors made the brighter start and quickly settled into their rhythm, opening the scoring through points from Conor Duggan, Fiachra Knox and …

Kilkenny’s early exit confirmed with Dubs defeat BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Dublin 1-26 Kilkenny 0-22 Round 5, Parnell Park And that’s a wrap for the senior hurlers of Kilkenny in 2026, as they bowed out of championship action with another below par performance in the Capital. Dublin …

St Canice’s Credit Union Byrne Cup. Dicksboro 2-23 (29) Mullinavat 3-18 (27) By John Power at Palmerstown Mullinavat suffered heartbreaking defeat in round five of the Byrne Cup senior hurling league when an injury-time goal handed Dicksboro a dramatic two-point victory at Palmerstown. Despite the disappointment of losing at the death, there was plenty for …

By John Power JJ Kavanagh and Sons Kilkenny GAA Junior F League Round One Mullinavat 3-17; James Stephens 1-09. Mullinavat GAA got their Junior F League campaign off to a strong start with an impressive victory over James Stephens GAA and Camogie Club in Round One of the JJ Kavanagh and Sons Official Kilkenny GAA …

Strong 2nd half keeps Kilkenny in Leinster running BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Kilkenny 4-25 Kildare 0-14 Kilkenny recovered from a poor opening half to claim maximum points against Kildare in UPMC Nowlan Park last Saturday evening. Going into the game, the home side knew that anything other …

Winning is the only option BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Dublin vs Kilkenny Parnell Park, Sunday, 2pm There are no equations needed, no what if scenarios, it is simple; beat Dublin on Sunday and the drive for another Leinster crown continues. It couldn’t be any clearer for Kilkenny …

Disputed ‘65 sees spoils shared in O’Connor Park BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Offaly 0-24 Kilkenny 1-21  Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore Another day, another disappointing result for Kilkenny in their bid to defend the Bob O’Keefe Cup. Patchy is one word that could be used to describe the …

Maximum points a must from Tullamore trip BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2026 Offaly vs Kilkenny Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore Sunday, 3pm We’re on the road again, we’re on our way to paradise.  That’s a line from a well-known song. From a Kilkenny point of view, only the first …

Mullinavat 1-15; Tullogher Rosbercon 0-11 By John Power at UPMC Nowlan Park Mullinavat secured yet another memorable triumph as they claimed their eighth JJ Kavanagh Kilkenny Senior Football Championship title in the past ten seasons, producing a blistering and decisive second-half performance against near neighbours Tullogher Rosbercon at UPMC Nowlan Park. In what began as …