Bennettsbridge is a

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club based in

Bennettsbridge Bennettsbridge () is a village in County Kilkenny in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is situated on the River Nore south of Kilkenny city, in the centre of the county. Bennettsbridge is a census town, and has population of 745 as of the 2016 ...

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

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. The Bridge last won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship in 1971 and have recently re-gained their senior status.

Achievements

* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship ** Winners - 12 (1890, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971. ** Beaten finalists - 6 (1958, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 2018) * All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ** Winners 2016 *

Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between the county champions on intermediate level within the provinc ...

** 2015 *

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board ...

** Winners 2015 *

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship is an annual inter-county club hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 2002-03 for eligible hurling clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their pe ...

** Winners 2015 *

Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship ''For the senior hurling equivalent see: Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship'' The Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship) is an annual hurling com ...

**Winners 2014 *

Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in ...

** Winners 1935, 1948, 1951, 2014 * Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship **Winners 1947, 1983, 2011 (In 1974 combination of

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and Bennettsbridge won the title. * Kilkenny Under-21 Hurling Championship ** Winners 1967, 1985

All Stars

* Jim Treacy * Paddy Moran * Liam Simpson *

Noel Skehan Richard Noel Skehan (born 6 December 1944) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Skehan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age ...

* [ Mikey J Lewis Jnr

References

External links

Official Bennettsbridge GAA Club website
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