KCLR's Big Game Live

The final championship game of the local scene in Kilkenny goes to the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Kilkenny intermediate championship final between Danesfort and Thomastown.

Reflecting on the season on a whole, it’s the showdown that the fans wanted with Thomastown looking at making amends for missing out on a place in last year’s final while Danesfort were equally as hungry to get back to the big time following their 2020 relegation.

Listen back to Adrian Ronan and Aidan Fogarty on commentary duty.

With Palatine and Fenagh getting a taste of this year’s Leinster football championships on Saturday, it was the turn of Carlow junior A champions Clonmore.

They’ll headed to Netwatch Cullen Park for a first round clash with Longford junior champions Grattan Óg (whose ladies side were beaten by Muckalee on Saturday afternoon).

Listen back to Brendan Hennessy and Willie Quinlan for full commentary and analysis.

The pinnacle of the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Kilkenny junior hurling championship landed on Sunday.

Blacks & Whites, a side who have shown over the last three rounds of the championship that they never know when they’re beaten, headed to UPMC Nowlan Park to face a Windgap side who edged Dicksboro in a thrilling semi-final penalty shootout.

It’s all on the line for both sides with the winners making the jump to intermediate hurling in 2023 and progressing to the Leinster hurling championships in November.

Listen back to Adrian Ronan and Aidan Fogarty on commentary duty.

The Leinster senior football championship got underway with a big game for new Carlow champions Palatine.

Three weeks after their county final win over near-neighbors Tinryland, Pado Flynn’s side got their Leinster journey started against St. Patrick’s of Wicklow town.

You can listen back to Oisín Langan and Willie Quinlan from Netwatch Cullen Park.

In what was sure to be one of the sporting highlights of the year in the, reigning All-Ireland senior camogie champions Kilkenny will took on a team of Kilkenny hurling legends on Saturday afternoon. 

Join Martin Quilty, Áine Fahey and more for full commentary.

With Brian Cody and Angela Downey leading the camogie collective as Ann Downey and Rackard Cody take charge of the hurling legends, some of them only barely retired from inter-county or club duty, it's sure to be a solid spectacle.

It all came down to Sunday for two of the biggest club names in Kilkenny hurling.

We’ve heard from the managers, former players, fans and more ahead of Sunday’s clash come 2.30pm, it was about the St. Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny senior hurling championship final.

With the biggest prize in Kilkenny club hurling on offer, we were live from UPMC Nowlan Parkfor all the action with Adrian Ronan, Aidan Fogarty and the KCLR sports team to bring you full coverage of Ballyhale Shamrocks and James Stephens.

Listen back to the full coverage of the Michael Lyng Motors Hyundai Kilkenny senior camogie championship between Dicksboro and Thomastown.

On duty of KCLR was Martin Quality and Aine Fahy.

Listen back to the full commentary of the pulsating 2022 Kilkenny River Court Hotel Junior camogie championship decider.

On duty of KCLR was Martin Quality and Aine Fahy

Shamrocks captured their 17th county title in 2019 by dispatching James Stephens in UMPC Nowlan Park with a convincing victory.

It was the first time since 2011 that the two sides met in the final, however, Shamrocks claimed the title three times since then and were going for their first consecutive title since beating James Stephens in 2009.

Similar to the 2022 final Shamrocks had only a week's break after beating O'Loughlins in the semi-finals the week before while James Stephens had a two-week break after beating Erins Own in the other semi.

Listen back to the full game as Henry Shefflins men came out on top on a scoreline of 2-21 to 1-15:

Listen back to all the action from over a decade ago in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship.

O’Loughlin Gaels were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the semi final by Ballyhale Shamrocks. While James Stephens dispatched of St. martins in the semi final.

Both teams had met the week before on the 23rd of October but could not be separated with Shamrocks 0-11 to James Stephens 1-08

Henry Shefflin was in his pomp, with the Shamrocks man the top scorer in the championship coming into the game. However intercounty teammate Eoin Larkin was the one who shone on the day outscoring Henry 1-11 to 8 points.

The game finished 0-15 - 1-20 in favour of the Village, with captain Jackie Tyrell lifting the ninth Tom Walsh cup for the city side.