Kilkenny v Galway 1975 Final

A link to some highlights of the 1975 All Ireland Final. This was the last of the All Ireland wins by the great Kilkenny team of the late 60’s and early 70’s. This particular Kilkenny team is considered to be second in stature only to Brian Cody’s squad of 2006 – 2015.

Eddie Keher scored 2-7 in the Final and held the record for highest score by an individual in an All Ireland Final until Nicholas English of Tipperary hit 2-12 versus Antrim in 1989. It was a very strong championship season for Eddie Keher who hit 4-23 and won his 6th All Ireland Senior medal and his 5th successive All Star

Other strong contributions in this Final were from Liam O’Brien who scored 5 points and won hurler of the year, and from Mick Crotty who scored 5 points and set up Eddie Keher’s second goal after gathering a long clearance from a young Brian Cody. It was also the year the saw the first appearance in a Final by Galway since 1958. They would later appear in 3 Finals in row from 1979 to 1981.

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Billy Fitzpatrick Retires

Billy Fitzpatrick Retires – Article from Kilkenny GAA Yearbook 1986

Match Programmes

A selection of some Match programmes from a range of games I’ve attended over the years although there are many many more…The first one shown here is the team selection from the 1972 Final between Kilkenny and Cork. I attended my first All Ireland Final in the 1960’s

Joe Hennessy

Before Tommy Walsh , there was Joe Hennessy a very skillful attacking right half back who operated well alongside centre back Ger Henderson. From the James Stephens club , Joe won 5 All Stars and 3 All Ireland winners medals in 1979, 1982 and 1983.

Nice point by Joe Hennessy around the 0.30 mark

Frank Cummins

Frank Cummins article from the 1986 Kilkenny GAA Yearbook. Winner of 8 All Ireland Senior Hurling medals including 7 in the same position at Midfield. Frank Cummins played for Ballyhale / Knocktopher before moving to Blackrock in Cork for work purposes.

A powerful athlete, consistent performer for almost 15 years, and close contender for greatest ever Kilkenny midfielder along with Michael Fennelly.

End of an Era

Article by renowned Hurling writer Raymond Smith on the ‘End of an Era’ for the Kilkenny team of 1967 to 1975 led by Eddie Keher ( taken from the 1977 Kilkenny GAA Yearbook

Pat Henderson

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Article on Pat Henderson from 1977. Pat Henderson played Centre Back and has been mentioned numerous times when the subject of all time greatest Kilkenny Backs is discussed. He won 5 All Ireland medals as a player with Kilkenny. Like Brian Cody, He then turned his hand to management guiding Kilkenny to All Ireland victory in 1979 against Galway aided by Eddie Keher. He was the manager for one of Kilkenny’s best loved teams – the All Ireland double and League double winning team of 1982-1983

Sliotars and Sideburns

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2 Page spread from the 1977 KK GAA Yearbook.

Eddie Keher retires

Article on Eddie Keher from the 1977 Kilkenny GAA Yearbook.

Noel Skehan

Article on Noel Skehan from the 1984 Gaelsport Annual. Before the emergence of the Great Kilkenny Teams led by Brian Cody , Skehan held the record for the most All Ireland winning Medals.

Playing in the full back line on the 1982 and 1983 winning teams just in front of Noel Skehan was Brian Cody, who would go on to become the most successful Hurling manager in history.

Frank Cummins

Link to Official GAA Now Video showcasing 8 Times All Ireland medal winner Frank Cummins.

Eddie Keher

A Link to a compilation of Eddie Keher scores from Official GAA You Tube Channel