Kilmacow GAA club is situated in the village of

Kilmacow Kilmacow ( — otherwise known in Irish as ''Cill Mhic Bhúith'') is a small village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland of Kilmacow is south of the village. Geography Situated about 7 km ( ...

. The club has a hurling team which competes in the Junior Hurling Championship. They have won the

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny PJHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny Count ...

once in 1956 when the club was known then as St.Senan's GAA. Kilmacow also have a Camogie club ranging from Under-8s to Juniors, they are amalgamated with

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at Intermediate and Under-22 level and are named St.Claires Camogie club. In the early days of

Kilkenny GAA The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Kilkenny GAA) () is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its hea ...

, senior winning club teams represented the county team in the All-Ireland Senior Championships. In 1888, Kilmacow were the county champions and went on to represent Kilkenny in the All-Ireland championship

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, they won the

Leinster senior football championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

beating

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by 1-4 to 0-2 on 23 September 1888 in New Ross.

Honours

Hurling

: (1) 1956 * Kilkenny Junior 'B' Hurling Championship: (1) 2012 * Kilkenny Junior 'B' Hurling League: (1) 2000

Gaelic Football

Kilkenny Senior Football Championship The Kilkenny Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Kilkenny GAA, ...

: (2) 1887, 1888

Notes and references

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