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Kilkenny GAA

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.

12 club teams annually contest the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship. Tullaroan and Ballyhale Shamrocks are the competition's most successful clubs with 20 championship titles apiece, though Shamrocks has a better record in both the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. A secondary competition, the Kilkenny Senior Hurling League, takes place annually between the same 12 teams.

A second tier of 12 club teams compete annually in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship as well as in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling League.

A third tier of 12 club teams compete annually in the Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship as well as in the Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling League.

Kilkenny is the most successful county team at senior level in the history of the game of hurling. Kilkenny has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) 36 times and has won the provincial Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) on 75 occasions, as of 2023.{

Kilkenny defeated Tipperary in the 1922 All-Ireland SHC final. It would be 45 years before Kilkenny would beat Tipperary in the championship again.[citation needed]

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