Person: Aidan Cummins

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Andy Moloney: Matching 80s team provided extra motivation

As far as motivations go, few are stronger than emulating those who have come before you in your club.

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Colm Bonnar: You’d rarely have to blow a whistle in training

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Ballyhale Shamrocks ‘a tired team’ is just a myth, insists Henry Shefflin

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‘Ageing’ Ballyhale Shamrocks move back to centre stage after Gort win

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Tribe minor and U21s must join Leinster

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King Henry savours the moment

What a difference a year makes

HOW did Portumna change so much from their last three appearances in Croke Park?

Thu, 18 Mar, 2010

Shefflin shines on a perfect day for Shamrocks

WHATEVER about the quality of the match – and it wasn’t the classic generally forecast – let no-one be in any doubt about the quality of this Ballyhale Shamrocks team, nor their right today to call themselves the best hurling club in Ireland.

Thu, 18 Mar, 2010

Shefflin leads Ballyhale to fifth All-Ireland title

Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-19 Portumna 0-17

Wed, 17 Mar, 2010

Worldly Cummins has parish pride

FRANK CUMMINS is generally recognised as being one of the greatest hurlers of all time, certainly one of the greatest midfielders.

Tue, 16 Mar, 2010

And once more, Kilkenny prevail

AND STILL we learn, as Goya said.

Mon, 15 Feb, 2010

Newtown can edge intriguing clash of styles

Tomorrow: All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final: Newtownshandrum (Cork) v Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), Thurles, 2.30pm.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2010

Ballyhale Shamrocks need extra time to dispatch rivals

Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 2-20 Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) 1-21, Wexford Park (aet)

Sun, 01 Nov, 2009

Worthy adversaries promise a real thriller

HOW do you predict a winner from these two? Three years ago, in 2006, a Ballyhale Shamrocks side whose talents had been flagged inside Kilkenny for some years finally made the breakthrough, winning the club its first county senior title in 15 years.

Sat, 21 Feb, 2009

Master and commander

THEY’RE not going head-to-head, they mightn’t come within an acre of each other on the wide grasslands of Semple Stadium, but of all the performances in the All-Ireland club SHC semi-final in Thurles tomorrow, how Ballyhale’s Henry Shefflin scores for the Kilkenny champions against how Joe Canning scores for Portumna will have a huge bearing on which side progresses to the final.

Sat, 21 Feb, 2009

Shamrocks sow early seeds of victory

WHATEVER about the holders ‘leaving it behind them’, as manager Pat Joe Whelahan suggested afterwards, the relative ease with which Ballyhale Shamrocks built up an eight points lead in the first-half undoubtedly inspired their sixth AIB Leinster Club hurling title win in Nowlan Park yesterday.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

Shefflin leads the charge for Ballyhale

MANAGER Maurice Aylward believes Ballyhale Shamrocks’ progression to the Leinster club SHC final on Saturday represented a victory on two fronts.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2008

Larkin: Village will need a miracle

IT’S funny how the wheel turns. On St Patrick’s Day 2005, James Stephens were Kilkenny, Leinster and All-Ireland club senior hurling champions.

Sat, 25 Oct, 2008

Champions Ballyhale avert shock as they finally hit top gear

FIVE minutes into the second-half of the second Kilkenny SHC semi-final in yesterday’s double-header at Nowlan Park, it looked like a shock (pardon the pun) was on the cards as Carrickshock took a surprise if well-merited one-point lead.

Mon, 13 Oct, 2008

Birr hopeful on county stars for decider

BIRR are confident of being able to call on the services of county players Stephen Brown and Gary Hanniffy for their AIB Leinster club hurling final against Ballyboden-St. Enda’s in Tullamore on Sunday week.

Tue, 20 Nov, 2007

Shamrocks march on but injury jinx strikes star Cha

BALLYHALE SHAMROCKS remain on course to retain their Kilkenny, Leinster and All-Ireland senior hurling titles after this hard-fought Kilkenny semi-final win over James Stephens, but it came at a price, a huge price.

Mon, 15 Oct, 2007

Keary keen to call time on Shamrocks

GAVIN Keary is a busy man these days. He’s 26, a publican, a hurling coach, and in his spare time, midfielder on the Loughrea team that faces Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny in Saturday’s All-Ireland Club senior hurling final.

Thu, 15 Mar, 2007

Battling Shamrocks in clover

WHAT an absolutely magnificent game to start the hurling championship season.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2007

Stars to shine despite weather

IF only tomorrow’s Leinster Club senior hurling final between Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) and Birr (Offaly) were being held a month ago – what a contest we’d have had in store!

Sat, 25 Nov, 2006

Shamrocks reign supreme as King Henry punishes Gaels

Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-22 O’Loughlin Gaels 2-11

Mon, 06 Nov, 2006

Shamrocks determined to put an end to 15-year drought

IT’S taken a full generation, but Ballyhale Shamrocks are back.

Sat, 04 Nov, 2006

Shefflin’s Shamrocks look to dethrone Village

COUNTY, provincial, and All-Ireland champions James Stephens put all three titles on the line at Nowlan Park on Sunday when they play Ballyhale Shamrocks in an eagerly anticipated Kilkenny senior hurling final.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2005

Shamrocks strike a purple patch

Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-20 St. Martin’s 3-8

Mon, 26 Sep, 2005

Galway ready as Cats bring out big guns

IT was two years ago in Ballinasloe that Kilkenny manager Brian Cody first unveiled some of the talent that would go on to help Kilkenny to back-to-back All-Ireland titles.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2004

Codd is determined to show Cats the exit door

WEXFORD skipper Paul Codd last night warned it’ll take at least two goals to down Kilkenny on Sunday.

Fri, 04 Jul, 2003

All-Ireland is ‘wide open’

THE rest of the hurling world may need a bit more convincing after the epic Allianz National Hurling League final, but former goalkeeping star Noel Skehan is adamant that this season’s All-Ireland championship is not a straight head-to-head between Kilkenny and Tipperary.

Wed, 07 May, 2003

Cats dig deep in Croker cracker

Kilkenny 5-14, Tipperary 5-13

Tue, 06 May, 2003