Was it ever alive?

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3606 - 29/03/2013 19:36:13    1358621

Yeah it is dead. But I think people are having a go at our football set up because we're dominating hurling right now. It's a natural knee jerk reaction.

richiescats (USA) - Posts: 420 - 29/03/2013 19:56:46    1358636

As long as it's not the person with the username kilkennyfootball who uploads GAA clips to youtube. The guys a legend. Hopefully he's still alive and kicking!

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 29/03/2013 20:20:44    1358648

Football is for from dead in Kilkenny! Plenty of football and dual clubs within the county! People on here would need to take a good hard look at there own county first! Only 5 adult hurling clubs in tyrone... Sick of seeing these trends towards kilkenny football

WillieFrazer (Armagh) - Posts: 38 - 29/03/2013 21:24:04    1358683

Kilkenny Football may be dead but we still have TallowmanIrish!

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 30/03/2013 08:30:58    1358706

Kilkenny our playing in the all Britain junior championship, they our playing Hertfordshire away in the first round in June this may give them a outside chance of winning a few games depends how much they want it tho.

knowtherules (UK) - Posts: 181 - 30/03/2013 10:16:08    1358721

Kilkenny football was never alive to start with. They decided years ago to put all their eggs in one basket and only contribute to the hurling side. Given their success maybe other counties like Tipp, Cork, Galway and Dublin should take a leaf out of their book. It certainly would sort the dual player debate very quickly.

AwbegRover (Cork) - Posts: 136 - 30/03/2013 10:19:54    1358722

Awbegrover I'm sure that would do wonders for the growth of the GAA

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 30/03/2013 12:12:36    1358756

Gaelic football

In the GAA's early years, Kilkenny had some success at football. Between 1888 and 1911 Kilkenny contested 7 leinster finals, winning 3. They won the first ever Leinster Senior Football Championship that was played in 1888 with a victory over Wexford. However, the rest of the championship was abandoned due to the players tour of America, known as the US invasion. Further success in Leinster followed in 1900 against Louth 12pts to no score. Kilkenny went on beat Tipperary in the 1900 all-ireland semi final, 1-7 to 0-8. The game was refixed following an objection by Tipperary, Kilkenny refused to play, so the match was awarded to Tipperary. Tipperary went on to win the all ireland final beating Galway 2-20 to 0-1. The 1911 leinster final between Kilkenny and Meath the match awarded to Meath because Kilkenny were late. Kilkenny objected and had won by 2-4 to 1-1 on the field of play. In 1914, the young team mascot, Peter Dunne, had to line out to complete their team. Kilkenny county footballers have not won a senior championship match since 1929 when they defeated Louth by 0-10 to 0-4. Their best championship result since was a 3-8 to 3-4 defeat against Kildare in 1961. 1982 was their last championship campaign. In the league their 1970-71 league campaign yielded four victories and they won three games in a row in early 1988 League and O'Byrne Cup games.
Kilkenny is unique among the 32 Irish county associations in not participating in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They played in the Tommy Murphy Cup a second tier competition for weaker footballing counties for four of the five years it was played, however, even in this competition they lost every game they played. Kilkenny entered the National Football League for the first time in years in 2008, and have not had any success losing every game bar one up to, and including, the 2011 competition. Kilkenny compete in the Leinster Junior Football Championship, their most notifiable rest came in 2011, defeating Wexford 3-5 to 0-13. There is an excellent underage and adult club football structure in Kilkenny. Glenmore, Mullinavat, Railyard and Muckalee are the football strongholds. However the lure of county and club hurling championships deprives Kilkenny of it best footballers.
Honours
Leinster Senior Football Championships: 3
1888, 1900, 1911

The 3 years they won the Leinster football, the hurlers won Leinster the same year and the hurlers won the All Ireland in 1911

kerryluck (Kerry) - Posts: 2517 - 30/03/2013 12:23:45    1358761

Apparently once upon a time the Kilkenny footballers were traveling to an away league game short on numbers. Before they left the county boundaries they happened to come upon the legend DJ Carey along the road. They asked him if he fancied coming along and togging out. Supposedly the hurling wizard managed 5 points from play!
29/03/2013 11:43

I think that may have been an O' Byrne cup match. I remember him being 'man of the match' one year against Wexford from a Radio 1 report. A handy golfer too by all accounts. I doubt very much that just happened upon him on the road.....a bit of artistic licence there maybe..

Passer_By (Carlow) - Posts: 533 - 30/03/2013 12:28:23    1358764

in fairness the gaa spend a lot of money trying to get football and hurling going in other countries maybe they should spend a bit of money on football in killkenny and in all the counties that don't take hurling as seriously as the should.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 30/03/2013 12:44:43    1358769