Kilkenny GAA thread

From James Stephens club…

As a mark of respect for the late Adrian Harkin, club hurler and footballer, all matches and training on Sunday March 4th are postponed.

He would have been 27 or so. His family own Harkin’s pub on Rose Inn St.
He was a lovely fella. Brutal.

RIP Aidy

RIP

Conceded 9 goals against Fermanagh this afternoon

0-4 scored though. Thats two more scores than either of the previous two games :clap: :clap:

This whole “playing” football thing is just a wonderful WUM that the county has been playing on the rest of the country.
Yeah, sure, we’ll play your bafflingly more popular game. We’ll just play it really really poorly.
The worse we play it the angrier the anoraks get.

Simplicity itself.

I had a smoke and a chat with some of the KK subs during a match at the sideline couple of years back and they are a commited bunch of lads as any.

[size=“2”]Another GAA player dies of Sudden Adult Death

Monday March 05 2012
A TALENTED young GAA player has become the latest victim of suspected Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) following his death over the weekend.

Adrian Harkin (26), who played football and hurling with Kilkenny’s James Stephens GAA Club, died of a suspected heart attack on Saturday.

He had trained with his teammates on Friday evening.

A local source indicated that Mr Harkin stayed at a friend’s house on Friday night and was found dead the following morning.

The young man, whose family own Syd Harkins pub in the city, had also played for the renowned St Kieran’s College as a youth.

His is believed to be the latest in a string of deaths of athletes from SADS, although a post-mortem has still to take place to confirm the exact cause.

James Stephens GAA club offered its condolences to Mr Harkin’s family last night. It described him as a talented footballer and hurler who played at all levels in both sports.

Mr Harkin was a centre-half forward on the James Stephens team which won the county minor hurling championship in 2003 and was a member of the senior football team that won the county title in 2008.

“Adrian was a cheerful young man who was ready with a joke and who always left us with a smile. Adrian will be missed by all in the club,” the statement said.

It is understood that Mr Harkin had recently qualified as an auctioneer and had returned home from the US where he had been living.

He is survived by his parents Syd and Mary and by his siblings Maurice, who is based in Canada, David and Catherine.

His funeral Mass will take place tomorrow at 11am in St Mary’s Cathedral, Co Kilkenny.

Mr Harkin is the latest in a string of sportsmen who are suspected to have died from the condition. Last month alone two talented GAA players died in cases of SADS.

Ciaran Carr (20), from Clondalkin, Dublin, died suddenly as he was training with Round Towers GAA club. He was participating in an indoor circuit training session when he suddenly collapsed.

Mr Carr, a sports management student at Inchicore College, was talented at both hurling and football.

In January Jason Morley (37), a talented footballer from Co Mayo, was found dead at his home.

Distinguished

Mr Morley, a brother of former Mayo footballer Tony Morley, distinguished himself with the Ballyhaunis GAA Club

In 2004, All-Ireland winning Tyrone footballer Cormac McAnallen died suddenly. An awareness campaign was launched shortly after.

The Gaelic Players’ Association started a drive to screen players for the condition.

The tests detect cardiac arrhythmias and structural defects of the heart, symptoms which are closely linked with the syndrome.

It is believed that SADS is responsible for about two deaths a week in Ireland.

  • Mark Hilliard and Luke Byrne

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Is that not a bit off?

[size=“1”]His is believed to be the latest in a string of deaths of athletes from SADS, although a post-mortem has still to take place to confirm the exact cause.[/size]

Yeah it is a bit off alright and a bit premature. Even the post mortem won’t necessarily give the cause of death and it could be months before the family find out the cause and in some cases of SADS it can be a diagnosis of exclusion whereby if everything else is ok then it is more than likely due to a heart condition.

What are Conahy Shamrocks junior side like?

Are they Junior, I thought they were Intermediate. They wouldn’t be great Puke, shite enough

Their junior side take on the Clonlara Juniors in the All Ireland junior B final Paddy’s weekend. Presume it is their second adult side

Did they win an All Ireland Junior there a few years back?

EDIT a quick wiki shows they did, in 08

2008 Conahy Shamrocks[/url] 0-19 [url=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny_GAA”]Kilkenny[/url] [url=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Rovers_GAA”]Moyle Rovers[/url] 1-09 [url=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipperary_GAA”]Tipperary

There’s a Special Junior All Ireland Final now?? Jaysus Christ…

Clonlara by 4

Special?

FREE €10

Just put €8k on limerick to win tomorrow.

:lol::lol::lol:

Senior
Intermediate
Junior
Special Junior A
Special Junior B

I thought this was common in all counties bar Cork

I’ve never heard the term special in reference to junior hurling before, anywhere.
Although I suppose the Clonlara boys could be classed as special alright.

A very special hurling teams full of characters :pint: