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Mary O'Connell during the league final win over Galway in June

Kilkenny's O'Connell revels in return of unique voices

Kilkenny forward Mary O'Connell is enjoying the return of spectators, having missed hearing familiar voices during last year's All-Ireland win, and also looks ahead to the challenges of the upcoming championship.

GAA • 15 Jul 21

Galway captain Adam Nolan and his team-mates celebrate

Galway secure historic minor All-Ireland four-in-a-row

Galway created history as they became the first county to win the All-Ireland minor hurling title four years in a row when they edged out Kilkenny in a thriller.

GAA • 10 Jul 21

Laois and Antrim are battling for championship survival

All you need to know: Saturday's hurling action

Laois and Antrim are battling for survival in the championship, and a place in Monday's qualifier draw, while both the 2020 under-20 and minor All-Ireland finals are taking place.

GAA • 10 Jul 21

The Galway minors are looking to claim three in a row

Dónal Óg Cusack: Galway minors look set to stretch run

Huring does some housekeeping this weekend, clearing up two competitions lying around from last year in the shape of the Minor and Under-20 finals along with the clash between Laois and Antrim.

GAA • 09 Jul 21

Cody: 'Thanks be to God, there was physicality in the game'

Brian Cody: KK response to sin-bin was 'decisive'

Brian Cody hailed the "honest to goodness physicality" that characterised Kilkenny's dramatic Leinster SHC win over Wexford and said his team's response when down to 14 in extra-time was the decisive factor in the contest.

GAA • 03 Jul 21

Leinster SHC semis: Dublin and Kilkenny advance - Recap

Dublin and Kilkenny will contest the 2021 Leinster SHC final after a day of great drama in Croke Park - Dublin stunning Galway before Wexford and the Cats served up an instant classic that went to extra-time as Brian Cody's men progressed.

GAA • 03 Jul 21

A flying hurl can't stop the run of Eoin Cody

Kilkenny surge past Wexford in extra-time after classic

Kilkenny advanced to a Leinster final showdown with Dublin after eventually see off a brave Wexford challenge in an epic contest at Croke Park which needed extra-time before the Cats booked their place in the final by 2-37 to 2-29.

GAA • 03 Jul 21

Dónal Óg Cusack: Davy Fitz can produce another coup

Ahead of another busy weekend of Championship hurling Dónal Óg Cusack casts his eye over the action and looks forward to another big clash between Brian Cody and Davy Fitzgerald, along with Galway's clash with Dublin, Cork v Limerick and Clare v Tipperary.

GAA • 02 Jul 21

Leinster rivals Kilkenny and Wexford will battle it out for a place in the provincial decider

Leinster SHC semi-finals: All you need to know

It's a double-bill at Croke Park where the Leinster hurling semi-finals are down for decision. First up is the meeting of Galway and Dublin, followed by the clash of Kilkenny and Wexford.

GAA • 02 Jul 21

51,000 watched Wexford beat Kilkenny in the 2019 Leinster final

8,000 allowed at Croke Park for Leinster semi-finals

The Leinster Council has announced that 8,000 spectators will be permitted to attend their provincial senior hurling semi-finals at Croke Park this Saturday.

GAA • 28 Jun 21

Collette Dormer of Kilkenny tackles Galway's Catherine Finnerty during the League final

I just asked for more intensity - Kilkenny boss Dowling

Brian Dowling insists there was no transformational team talk behind Kilkenny's Camogie League final revival on Sunday.

GAA • 21 Jun 21

Galway 1-15 Kilkenny 1-18 - Camogie league final recap

Relive all the action from Croke Park as the All-Ireland finalists of the last two years met again.

Camogie • 20 Jun 21

Kilkenny captain Meighan Farrell and her team-mates celebrate with the cup

Kilkenny fight back to claim Division 1 crown

Kilkenny produced a third-quarter masterclass to beat Galway and claim the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 title in a shootout at Croke Park.

GAA • 20 Jun 21

Galway's Emma Helebert believes the side let their standards slip in 2020

Helebert: Galway let standards drop in 2020

Galway may have only lost by three points to Kilkenny at the final hurdle of a bid to register the county's first ever All-Ireland two-in-a-row last December, but according to Emma Helebert, they never approached the standards they had set for themselves in 2019.

GAA • 20 Jun 21

Miriam Walsh says Galway will be out for revenge on Sunday

Walsh: Kilkenny must raise game against Galway

Reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkenny return to Croke Park on Sunday in the hopes of adding to their silverware as they take on Galway in the Littlewoods Ireland National League Final.

GAA • 18 Jun 21

Galway's Aoife Donohue pursues Grace Walsh in last year's All-Ireland final

All you need to know: Camogie league final

Galway and Kilkenny will renew battle live on RTÉ2 and in front of up to 3,000 fans at Croke Park.

GAA • 20 Jun 21

Michelle Teehan in action during last year's All-Ireland final

Teehan revels in Cats' character ahead of league final

Kilkenny's Michelle Teehan looks back on the road to Sunday's Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League final.

GAA • 19 Jun 21

Sarah Healy (R) makes a clearance against Cork last weekend

Healy: Galway and Kilkenny will make most of spotlight

Galway's All-Star goalkeeper Sarah Healy sees Sunday's camogie league final late television slot as a positive opportunity to expose more people to their game.

GAA • 17 Jun 21

'The girls put in as much effort as us, they train as hard as we do, so it's only right that they're starting to get the recognition'

Walsh glad to see growing camogie recognition

Kilkenny hurler Padraig Walsh reflects on the Cats' Allianz Hurling League campaign as championship looms, while he is also delighted to see the growing recognition for the efforts of their camogie counterparts.

GAA • 17 Jun 21

Denise Gaule impressed for Kilkenny yesterday

Dowling praises 'character' of Kilkenny players

Brian Dowling admitted that his side were lucky to book their place in next Sunday's Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 final at Croke Park but hailed the character of his side and the leadership of Denise Gaule for chiselling out a 3-12 to 0-19 win over Tipperary in a thrilling encounter

GAA • 13 Jun 21

Denise Gaule rustled up 2-08, mostly from placed balls, as Kilkenny edged out Tipperary in Nowlan Park

Gritty Cats pounce late to topple tremendous Tipp

Two goals in a minute from the inspirational Denise Gaule and Katie Nolan, five minutes from the end of normal time snatched victory for Kilkenny in a dramatic Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1.

GAA • 13 Jun 21

David Reidy jumps for joy after Clare's third goal

Clare edge out Cats in Cusack Park thriller

Clare maintained their Indian sign over Kilkenny in a thrilling finale to the Allianz Hurling League with a four-point win at Cusack Park, Ennis.

GAA • 12 Jun 21

Fogarty: 'Coaches and managers should coach the players how "not to foul" instead of "how to foul"

Fogarty: Systematic fouling ruining hurling

GAA National Hurling Development Manager Martin Fogarty says systematic fouling is ruining the game .

GAA • 10 Jun 21

Brian Dowling's Kilkenny were pushed all the way by Limerick

Brian Dowling: 'We were lucky to get through'

Brian Dowling has admitted that his charges have a lot to work on but was focusing on the positives while also praising the Limerick fervour that caused his Kilkenny side so many problems before they dug out a 2-10 to 0-13 victory.

GAA • 07 Jun 21

Daithi Burke of Galway in action against Stephen Bennett of Waterford

Sunday's Allianz Hurling League reports and reaction

Relive all of Sunday's Allianz Hurling League action, including Galway v Waterford, Westmeath v Tipperary and Kilkenny v Laois.

GAA • 06 Jun 21