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Kilkenny GAA show a healthy profit

The defeat of James Stephens in Nowlan Park last Sunday wasn’t a huge surprise, given the exploits of the team over the previous fortnight.

In 2009 Brosna Gaels won the Offaly Intermediate Hurling championship, and they had to battle with the Offaly county board to be recognised as a legitimate GAA club.

Kilkenny teenagers will travel to Wexford on February 5 to embark on a competition to win the prestigious titles of the No Name Club Host and Hostess of the Year.

AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final 2010 will take place on Sunday, January 16 2011 in Rath at 1.30pm between John Lockes v Drumcullen Offaly.

It’s the big showdown between the Leinster champions of the past two years in what has all the ingredients to be one of the highlights of the entire provincial campaign. Club is definitely family for this pair, who between them have won 12 Leinster (Birr 7, Ballyhale 5) and eight All-Ireland titles. They have each won four All-Ireland crowns, placing them joint leaders at the top of the honours list.

The GAA can rightly be described as one of the greatest sporting organisations in the world – and, as we all know, it is much more than just a sporting organisation. It has had a profound impact on local communities all over Ireland, giving those communities a sense of identity and belonging.

The GAA can rightly be described as one of the greatest sporting organisations in the world – and, as we all know, it is much more than just a sporting organisation. It has had a profound impact on local communities all over Ireland, giving those communities a sense of identity and belonging.

The shamrock leaf may be known world wide as the symbol of Ireland but when one mentions its name in Kilkenny thoughts immediately turn to the famous GAA club in Ballyhale. When Ballyhale, Knocktopher and Knockmoylan amalgamated back in 1972 to form what's now known as the Shamrocks who could envisage what lay ahead for what is a relatively small country parish? It’s phenomenal the success they have achieved since 1975 when they first set foot in Kilkenny's top grade. Twelve county, five Leinster and four All-Ireland club titles put them to the forefront of hurling’s elite.

The GAA can rightly be described as one of the greatest sporting organisations in the world – and, as we all know, it is much more than just a sporting organisation. It has had a profound impact on local communities all over Ireland, giving those communities a sense of identity and belonging.