Article: Hands up if you're selected; Jumping for joy: Mark Foley has been selected for the GPA team of the year while, right, Martin Comerford is one of seven Cats to make the panel.

Article: IF, as the phrase goes, flattery gets you nowhere, then all of the counties with ambitions of jostling Kilkenny hurlers off the summit are, quite frankly, going nowhere.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  February 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Championship victory against Kilkenny last year (Tipperary defeated...claimed that it was Kilkenny first with several...at the end of this year but added that with...dislodge them this year. It will be one of...designed to prevent Kilkenny becoming the first...

Article: KILKENNY V CORK: ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL: KILKENNY: ONE DEL OF A FINALE; Cool Cat JJ wants his hat-trick but Kenny's after a first.(Sport)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  September 12, 2004 ;     632 words ......named Hurler of the Year and collected an AllStar as Kilkenny won a second All...still irks the 22-year-old Fenians man. Kilkenny let their guard down...entirely on the Rebels. Kilkenny enjoyed the rub against them last year and stole the title...

Article: GAA: Don't write off Cats..they have kick in them yet; ALL-IRELAND HURLING SEMI-FINAL: Kilkenny v Galway, Croke Park, tomorrow, 3.30pm.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Throughout the 2004 league Kilkenny were very much hit...in the final. This year, they seem to have...beat them in last year's Leinster semi...the same ferocity. Kilkenny are not achieving...system or maybe it's Kilkenny getting edgy because...formality earlier this year. Their team ...

Article: Cody's top Cats still setting the standards; Changes: Galway need Under 21 star Joe Canning, above left, in attack next year; Kilkenny will be hoping Henry Shefflin, top right, can regain his fitness; Limerick's Richie Bennis, middle right, might feel the heat; while, Dublin boss Tommy Naughton will need an experienced helping-hand Pics: SPORTSFILE.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......most in failingto hail this year as a vintage season, but that...championship of real substance next year, the portentsare not great. Kilkenny, if anything, are further...that canchallenge them next year, then look to Galway. Here...be a lot more low-key next year and if Galway can ...

Article: Hurling: JOHN TIPPS HIS HAT TO THE CATS; ALL-IRELAND HURLING SEMI-FINAL: Kilkenny v Offaly, Today, 3.30, Live on NET2 'They are still the team to beat'.(Sport)
The People (London, England);  August 17, 2003 ;     632 words ......semi-final stage of last year's All-Ireland series but their defeat by Kilkenny was the All-Ireland...reinforce their status, Kilkenny have not lost to Tipp since that year in either the league...you look at last year's semi-final it could...come back off the Kilkenny 'keeper's ...

Article: GAA: Cats ready to pounce on Dubs in battle for Leinster; LEINSTER SHC SEMI-FINAL Dublin v Kilkenny.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......who firmly believes Kilkenny will win the All-Ireland title this year is Dubs boss Michael...that they will run Kilkenny relatively close...Park tomorrow. Last year they came within...acknowledged that. Kilkenny are shaping like a better team than last year - they walloped Clare...

Article: Hurling: Championship 2003: CATS BETTER BY HALF; Awesome Kilkenny cruise to another final.. with Tipperary left trailing in their wake; KILKENNY 3-18 TIPPERARY 0-15.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......classic semi-final and this year's thrilling league decider...likes of Philip Larkin, last year's skipper Andy Comerford...tossed aside like rag dolls as Kilkenny carved them open time and...there were other heroes for Kilkenny, John Hoyne pulled off so...from the throw-in. But last year's ...

Article: Hurling: BRENNAN IS PRIDE OF CATS AS TRIBE ARE MAULED; Kilkenny 3-22 Galway 1-18.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......if I'm there again next year. I would hope to have brought...will win the All-Ireland for Kilkenny - they needed a game of high...and Galway's proximity to Kilkenny didn't surprise Cats boss...team that are dangerous for Kilkenny or dangerous for anybody...many years, especially this year, ...

Article: GAA: CATS TEACH A REAL LESSON; NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE Kilkenny.............3-18 Tipperary...........2-16 Cody's young guns take chances with both hands to book final place.. Tipp can only admire them.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  April 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ......inflicted a painful defeat on Kilkenny on March 20. But the bullying...his usual standards and yet Kilkenny still won with ease. The conveyor...continues to roll them off year after year - Jackie Tyrrell...half-time, he had landed 1-06. Kilkenny's strike rate was impressive...

Article: GAA: Year of the Cats or will Rebels win last double of Millennium?; CORK v KILKENNY - JIMMY BARRY IS CONFIDENT.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  September 11, 1999 ;     260 words ...CORK and Kilkenny get ready to battle for the...with the manager warning Kilkenny: You can never be too young...their experience from last year can catapult them to a 26th...decade in the same fashion. Kilkenny manager Brian Cody has appealed...hurling history being written. Kilkenny have ...

Article: Hurling: CATS WALK ON WATER; Waterford...0-12 KIlkenny......4-11 - Kilkenny are back and they are on the prowl again.. so everybody else beware.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......is important and Kilkenny beat us by three points in the league last year - we need to start...evaporated. Carey grabbed Kilkenny's third goal five...from Shefflin. Last year's double winners...ever done for his year as captain and he'...for places in the Kilkenny forward division...

Article: GAA: TOP CAT STILL LEIN & MEAN; LEINSTER HURLING FINAL Kilkenny v Wexford, Croke Park, Sunday, 3.30pm Barry defends province and boosts rivals.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ......nobody worried last year when Waterford beat...days. At this stage, Kilkenny nearly have to apologise...nothing into this year's league match between the teams which Kilkenny won at alarming ease...in the league last year. CAPTION(S): GLORY...Wexford celebrates last year's victory ...

Article: GAA: GOALPOWER WILL FUEL CATS' CHORUS; ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL: CORK v KILKENNY Free-scoring Kilkenny hitmen will be Croker prize guys.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  September 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ......with most to lose. Kilkenny always harboured desires to avenge last year's All-Ireland final...other half- back this year of closing down D...central to everything Kilkenny have achieved in...experience in this Kilkenny defence, with Michael...impressive debut year in '98 and Peter...

Article: In the signature words of Barack Obama's recent US presidential inauguration speech, Tony Browne intends 2009 to be a year in which he will "pick himself up and dust himself off" after last September's harrowing All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  February 4, 2009 ;     656 words ......intends 2009 to be a year in which he will pick...All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny. Browne has committed...would be his last year in a Waterford shirt...about the strength of Kilkenny in hurling at present...some good 18- and 19-year-olds that are now...