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1. How long have you played for O’ Loughlins?

Kilkenny may have taken the two points against rivals Cork in dramatic style at Nowlan Park last Sunday but pride of place still has to go to O'Loughlin Gaels on reaching their first All-Ireland club final. Their hard fought victory over Loughgiel Shamrocks of Antrim at Parnell Park last Saturday now offers them a tilt a club hurling's highest honour.

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This weekend will see O’Loughlin Gaels back in their second semi-final, having lost their first in a replay against Newtownshandrum in 2004 while the Shamrocks last reached the semi-final in 1990 when they lost to Ballybrown (Limerick) by a point.

O'Loughlin Gaels qualified for the Leinster SHC final with a 1-21 to 3-11 extra-time victory over Dublin champions Ballyboden St Enda's at the weekend. Conal Keaney gave the Dublin side a dream start with an early goal, but Brian Dowling responded with a goal that gave his side a 1-7 to 1-6 half-time lead.

2010 Kilkenny senior hurling champions O'Loughlin Gaels played their first round Leinster club championship match in Portlaoise last Sunday against Laois Champions, Rathdowney-Errill.

Ballyhale Shamrocks’ dreams of achieving a record breaking five-in-a-row of Kilkenny SHC titles were quashed on Sunday afternoon last when a late goal from Niall McEvoy powered O'Loughlin Gaels to the final following a 2-16 to 3-10 win at Nowlan Park.

It is ironic that both Kilkenny's and Ballyhale Shamrocks’ five-in-a-row dream bit the dust in the same year.

Eoin Larkin’s cracking goal in the 45th minute proved decisive as this tight scoring semi-final of city neighbours saw the ‘Village’ take the outright lead for the first-time and they never relinquished the lead afterwards.

The senior club hurling semi-final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and O’Loughlin Gaels last weekend left the ‘Gaels men disappointed as the Shamrocks pushed forward into the final against James Stephens.