The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Premier Junior Hurling Championship is an annual

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competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the

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since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of

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in Ireland. The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at

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in October. The prize for the winning team is the Bob Aylward Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series. The Kilkenny County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster GAA Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Kilkenny county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship. The title has been won at least once by fifty-six different clubs. The all-time record-holders are

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, John Locke's,

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, Glenmore, James Stephens,

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and Carrickshock, who have all won the competition four times.

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were the 2018 winners after defeating

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in the championship decider.

are on top of the roll of honour with 7 titles, when they defeated Tullogher-Rosbercon in the 2021 final. Blacks and Whites defeated Windgap in the

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final to claim the title.

Teams

2023 Teams

Top winners

List of finals

Notes

* 1925 Danesfort awarded title after objection * 1929 First game was unfinished due to heavy rain * 1930 Replay ordered following an objection * 1948 Replay ordered following an objection * 1963 Reply ordered following an objection

References

External links

Kilkenny GAA Bible
{{Kilkenny GAA, state=expanded Hurling competitions in County Kilkenny Junior hurling county championships Kilkenny GAA club championships