Almost 30 years ago, the Reids were the first family in Ballyhale to get miniature goalposts.

Given health, a regular span of life, hurlers spend a long time not being a hurler.

Croke Cup holders St Kieran’s College will appear in their sixth consecutive All Ireland final at the end of the month as Ballyhale Shamrocks hero Eoin Cody scored eight points (five frees and three from play) in a nervy victory over CBC at the WIT Arena this afternoon.

Presentation Athenry produced a stirring final quarter to secure passage to a second successive All-Ireland post-primary SHC final.

The hurlers of Midleton CBS bid to continue an excellent few weeks for the East Cork school when they take on Coláiste Eoin Stillorgan in today’s All-Ireland post-primary SHC quarter-final (Nowlan Park, 2pm).

When Niall Moran hurled for Limerick he thought about the game too much, crippling himself with so much pressure he never reached the heights he feels he should. He still thinks a lot about the game and fears Limerick and everyone else is producing identikit players who are not working enough on the skills of the game.

You’d be forgiven for thinking the Croke Cup had become exclusive to Leinster and Munster schools.

Yet another Croke Cup final beckons for St Kieran’s College of Kilkenny after they held on to narrowly defeat a game Ardscoil Rís side in this second semi-final in Clonmel.

Tipperary County Board will participate in the GAA’s new corporate trustee entity after secretary Tim Floyd, affected by a club’s decision to default on a loan, saw his personal credit rating downgraded.

Michael Carey and Tommy Ronan play for St Kieran’s College against Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore in the Croke Cup final this afternoon. Their fathers, DJ and Adrian, won the competition with Kieran’s in 1988 and plenty more besides. Two great hurlers met to reminisce and fill in that generation gap, writes PM O’Sullivan.

St Kieran’s College 3-19 St Brigid’s Loughrea 1-9: Adrian Mullen was the man of the hour as he fired St Kieran’s College back into the All-Ireland post-primary schools senior hurling final.

“You have to remember they all want to get up on the wall,” Tom Hogan says.

Ciara Mageean couldn’t hide her disappointment after a fifth place finish in the women’s 1500m in 4:12.46 on an exciting night of athletics at the Athlone International Grand Prix. Athletics

Brian Cody would have no problem acceding to Galway’s wishes to enter into home and away agreements in the Leinster senior hurling championship and their minor and U21 teams to be incorporated into the province.

St Kieran’s College (Kilkenny) 1-15 Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 1-13: The terms of engagement may have been changed for this latest joust, but the students draped in black and white still prevailed.

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Ardscoil Rís 0-11 Our Lady’s Templemore 0-8: Eighteen sides have won the Dr Harty Cup since its inception, 92 years ago.

For Kilkenny newcomer Joe Lyng, his AC joint injury couldn’t have come at a worse time. The NHL throws in this weekend and the Rower-Inistioge clubman will be looking on from the sidelines.

In the closing days of August 1975, Paddy Downey, the revered Gaelic games correspondent of The Irish Times, made a little pilgrimage to Kilkenny and had a ball.

Niall Cahill need only drive through the main gates of Thurles CBS to see the ripples of excitement created by their spring adventure.

Fr Tommy Maher, who died on Tuesday evening, has been described as a "legendary figure in Kilkenny and in hurling generally" by Kilkenny County Board chairman Ned Quinn.

St Kieran’s College (Kilkenny) 0-19 Presentation Athenry (Galway )0-17

Thurles CBS 0-18 St Peter’s College 1-12:

St Kieran’s College 2-11 St Francis College, Rochestown 0-10

St Kieran’s College 1-14 Kilkenny CBS 2-3: Leisnter Post Primary Hurling: A devastating third quarter scoring burst saw All-Ireland champions St Kieran’s College defeat Kilkenny CBS in Saturday’s Leinster Post Primary Schools SHC quarter-final in Nowlan Park.

The GAA world was plunged into shock yesterday by the death of the father of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland winning hurling captain in a fatal farm accident.

ALL-IRELAND SHC FINAL REPLAY:

St Kieran's 2-16 Kilkenny CBS 0-13

Kilkenny CBS 2-13 St Kieran’s College 0-13

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What have Kilkenny and Brian Cody been doing behind closed doors in Nowlan Park since the Leinster final loss to Galway?

Following a club league game on Friday night, I watched the opening ceremony of the London Olympics with my team-mates in the local.

The dream became a reality for Nenagh CBS at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday afternoon when they won the All-Ireland Colleges SAHC title for the first time.

Springtime has arrived early in New York City. The winter hasn’t been its usual vicious self but that doesn’t diminish the feelgood factor that comes with emerging out of the low months.

Defending All-Ireland champions, St Kieran’s College wrapped-up a hat-trick of victories in the Leinster Colleges SAHC and collected their 51st title when beating city rival Kilkenny CBS in a thrilling final.

Last Sunday in the Clonmel Sportsfield there was a strong De La Salle Macroom theme to Cork’s McGrath Cup success. Wing-back Sean Kiely and wing-forwards Liam Shorten and Fintan Goold are all past pupils of the school who have graduated onto the inter-county scene.

The spark was lit during the summer of 2002, the weekend of Stephen Quigley’s wedding in Indianapolis.

NEW Waterford senior hurling manager Michael Ryan says he is “absolutely thrilled” to have former Kerry physical trainer Pat Flanagan on his backroom team.