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Irish: | Cill Chainnigh |
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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.