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23 signs that you're a Kilkenny sports fan
23. You start every month of September by planning a Sunday trip to Dublin…
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
22. …And all going to plan, you’re back to celebrate the return of Liam to the Marble City on the Monday
You’re out on the streets after a well-done steak in Langton’s.
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
21. You remember the rare bad days of course like when the 5-in-a-row bid came unstuck in 2010
Seamus Quigley from Knockbrack, Thomastown.
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
Paul Stapleton from Knockbrack, Thomastown.
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
20. But you’ll always make the effort to have the colours out at the front of the house
Miles ‘Elvis’ Kavanagh at his home in ‘Graceland’, Kilkenny City.
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
19. You can’t decide which of the current backs you’d hate most to mark in a match?
JJ?
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Or Jackie?
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Or Tommy?
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
18. When Cork people go on about the O’Connor’s, you point out that these are the greatest twins in the history of the GAA
Angela and Ann Downey won 24 All-Ireland senior medals between them with Kilkenny.
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
17. At this point you’d like to stress that you have sampled other sports and for example were delighted when Ian Dowling won the Heineken Cup
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
16. You’ve gone golfing on occasion in Mount Juliet and spotted this fella once
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
15. You roared on Darren O’Neill in London last summer
Even if he was wearing blue.
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
And you know where his heart lies.
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
14. You spent time in Buckley Park shouting on Kilkenny City
Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
13. You’ve always kept an eye out for Gary Murphy’s European Tour results
Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan
12. You’re adamant that Kilkenny’s Adrian O’Dwyer is the coolest athlete Ireland has ever had in the Olympics
He was in the high jump in Athens in 2004.
11. You’ve pointed out that it was a Kilkenny man from Slieverue who was always right about Lance
David Walsh with his book – “Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong”.
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
10. You insist that the Mullins clan from Kilkenny are Ireland’s greatest horse-racing family
Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
9. And you’ve even gone to see a Kilkenny team play this strange sport
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
8. But whether you’re young or old, you know no sport other than hurling makes a Kilkenny person react like this
Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
7. You ensure the youth on Noreside are aware of the rivalry with Tipperary from a very young age
Pupils from Bunscoil McAuley Rice in Callan.
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
6. You’ve been amongst the thousands watching training sessions in Nowlan Park
The hard-hitting combat is legendary.
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
5. You’ve debated many times about who is the greatest forward out of this trio
Eddie Keher?
6 All-Ireland senior medals and 5 Allstar awards.
DJ Carey?
5 All-Ireland senior medals and 9 Allstar awards.
Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
Or Henry Shefflin?
9 All-Ireland senior medals and 11 Allstar awards.
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4. But you reckon this young lad will be better than them all
YouTube: attheendoftheday2011
3. You offer up vigils for the health of Henry every winter
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
2. But you’re confident in September he will be photographed in poses like this
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
1. And finally you know that this man is the boss
Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
22 signs you’re a sports fan from Limerick
21 signs you’re a sports fan from Clare
21 signs you’re a sports fan from Tipperary
21 signs you’re a sports fan from Waterford
16 signs you’re a sports fan from Cork
19 signs you’re a sports fan from Kerry
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