If they didn't they wouldn’t be turning up. “In fairness to all the boys who have turned out they've been very dedicated. “Our preparations have gone very well,” Walsh told GAA.ie “We've been training for 10 weeks and meet up on Monday nights because other nights would cut across hurling and all of the lads would play hurling. Managed once again by Christy Walsh who has been at the helm of successive Kilkenny football teams for many years now, he’s been impressed by the application his players have shown in recent weeks. The Covid-19 pandemic prevented the county from fielding in inter-county competition for the past two years, so the newly structured All-Ireland Junior Football Championship has been greeted with enthusiasm by the Kilkenny footballers. In recent years Kilkenny’s senior inter-county football outlet has been to compete in the All-Britain Junior Football County Championship and they’ve done well in it, winning titles in three of the seven years they competed, 2015, 2017, and 2018.
Kilkenny will play London and Warwickshire will play New York in the two semi-finals which will be held in the National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown tomorrow. This Friday they’ll play London in the semi-final of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship with the winners progressing to the Final which will be held in Croke Park as a curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Dublin and Kerry.Īfter a two-year hiatus the competition has been revived this year with a more developmental ethos.Īlso competing are London, Warwickshire, and New York teams made up exclusively of native-born players.
Most people know that the Kilkenny senior hurlers will play Limerick in the All-Ireland SHC Final, but the county’s footballers are also chasing glory of their own. That eventuality hasn’t come to pass just yet, but it’s only three wins away. Here’s a potential quiz-question for you - what year did Kilkenny win an All-Ireland hurling and football double in Croke Park?
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