Kilkenny GAA

Kilkenny GAA
Irish:Cill Chainnigh
Nickname(s):The Cats
The Stripey Men
The Noresiders
The Black and Amber
The Stripey Women
Province:Leinster
Dominant sport:Hurling
Ground(s):Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
County colours:  Black   Amber[1]
Website:County board website
County teams
NFL:N/A
NHL:Division 1B
Hurling Championship:Liam MacCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:O'Duffy Cup

The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Chainnigh) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny county teams in all codes at all levels. The Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887.

In hurling, Kilkenny competes annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 36 times (a national record), the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which it has won 73 times, and the National Hurling League, which it has won 19 times(a national record).

The camogie team has won both the National Camogie League and the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 15 times each.

  1. ^ Grace, Edwina (13 July 2022). "Following the black and amber across Kilkenny city and county". KCLR 96FM.

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