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Because of a chance meeting in Áras an Uachtaráin last year, two well known organisations are coincidentally, this year, celebrating their 185th year in existence; namely The Iverk Agricultural Show and The Blanchardstown Brass Band.

Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 1-16

Croke Park hosts the first of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland semi-finals on Sunday when neighbours Kilkenny and Waterford clash 3.30pm

As Waterford effectively cruised into a semi-final with Kilkenny, many onlookers were understandably left looking a little confused.

As a youngster growing up in a farming environment during the seventies and eighties, you would often hear the expression in July ‘the hay saved and Wexford bet’.

Byrne Cup

Byrne Cup

Kilkenny head to Croke Park this Sunday for a repeat of the 2009 Leinster final clash with Dublin, on that occasion the Cats claimed their 66th title. Dublin hurled with their usual gusto but the Cats still won with a bit up their sleeve. Martin Comerford was the two goal hero on that sunny afternoon.

This past week has been a strange one on the GAA front. Croke Park yet again gets another mid-season face lift. A player from Laois puts himself on a collision course with his manager over comments on Twitter.

The big three Kilkenny, Cork, and Tipperary have dominated the hurling scene for quite some time now, you have to go back to 1998 when the last non-superpower of hurling, Offaly, won the Liam McCarthy. Thirteen teams have ambitions to derail the current champions Tipperary but realistically only a handful have the talent to do so.