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Report Jimmy Walsh. Pictures by Matthew O’Shea This third round, JJ Kavanagh and Sons Premier Junior Hurling League game between Windgap and the Fenians was played on excellent sward conditions at St. Johns Park, on Sunday afternoon, had historic and nostalgic significance, as well as a search for both sides to break a losing run …

Countrystyle Foods Kilkenny Junior D Hurling Championship Semi Final. Mooncoin 3-14; Rower Inistioge 0-12. John Power at Mooncoin GAA Grounds With an impressive second-half display, Mooncoin booked their place in the 2026 Country Style Foods Junior D Hurling final following an 11-point victory over Rower Inistioge at Mooncoin on a pleasant Sunday evening. This was …

Graigue Ballycallan 2-25 (31); Mulllinavat 3-16 (25). John Power at Thomastown GAA Grounds. Graigue Ballycallan remain unbeaten at the top end of Section A of the St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny Senior Hurling League following a thrilling five-point victory over Mullinavat at Thomastown on Sunday last. It was a victory which further underlined the progress …

Big weekend ahead as league takes shape BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Round Up Two rounds done and dusted in the 2026 St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League and things are beginning to take shape and this weekend’s fixtures will certainly leave supporters better placed to …

Attack, attack attack as big guns battle it out in Thomastown BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League Round 2 O’Loughlin Gaels 5-15   Shamrocks Ballyhale 6-22 Goals, goals. Goals.  Eleven majors to be exact were shared between O’Loghlin Gaels and Shamrocks Ballyhale at a packed Thomastown last Sunday.  The ...

Thomastown 1-24; Mulllinavat 1-15. John Power at Ballyhale GAA Grounds. Thomastown once again proved too strong for Mullinavat in the second-round St Canices Credit Union Senior Hurling League/ Championship clash at Ballyhale on Saturday. The winners had also got the better of Mullinavat in the 2024 championship semi final and in last year’s league clash. …

James Stephens 1-16; Tullogher Rosbercon 1-8. John Power at Mullinavat GAA Grounds James Stephens advanced to the JJ Kavanagh Junior B County Hurling Final with a convincing eight-point victory over Tullogher Rosbercon at well attended Mullinavat. Having defeated Danesfort and Conahy Shamrocks in earlier rounds, the Village boys grabbed a vital goal in the opening …

Mullinavat 2-28; Tullogher Rosbercon 0-14. John Power at Tullogher Rosbercon GAA Grounds Mullinavat, beaten in the last four JJ Kavanagh Junior F County Hurling Finals, continued their “drive for five” with a comfortable away victory over Southern neighbours Tullogher Rosbercon at Tullogher. The Vegas men, who recently captured the Junior F league title, are determined …

Thomastown 1-31; Clara 2-16. John Power at Mullinavat GAA Grounds. Thomastown sent out an early warning to the rest of the county as they opened their 2026 St Canice’s Senior Hurling League campaign with an emphatic twelve-point victory over Clara at Mullinavat GAA Grounds on Saturday afternoon. Played before a large attendance in glorious summer …

Glenmore 0-17; Mullinavat 0-17. John Power at Mooncoin GAA Grounds. Mullinavat and Glenmore shared the spoils after an absorbing and hard-fought encounter in the opening round of the 2026 St Canice’s Senior Hurling League at Mooncoin GAA Grounds on Sunday. In a contest that ebbed and flowed throughout, neither side deserved to come away empty-handed, …