A teenager and a man in his 30s have died in separate incidents in Cork.

The frightening thing is they might just be starting out.

Remember the name Double Island.

Kilkenny 3-25 Limerick 0-16 (SH challenge): Kilkenny warmed up for the Leinster championship with an impressive win over Limerick in this inter-county challenge in Inistioge.

Richie Power has no intention of joining some of his erstwhile Kilkenny teammates in self-imposed retirement, but the Carrickshock forward knows all too well the sacrifices needed to hang on to the inter-county merry-go-round.

Pat McEnaney says he feels let down by Cork secretary Frank Murphy’s criticism of inter-county football referees.

The way has been cleared for the Kilkenny SHC semi-finals.

Thousands gathered at Nowlan Park this evening to welcome home the victorious Kilkenny team after their 35th All-Ireland Senior Hurling triumph yesterday at Croke Park.

The majority of games between Kilkenny and Tipperary over the last five years have provided a flashpoint or more

Injured Kilkenny star Michael Rice has echoed his manager’s assertion that Henry Shefflin is capable of starting the All-Ireland final and lasting the 70 minutes against Tipperary next Sunday.

For those looking for it, there were trace elements of the Kilkenny attitude in Limerick’s demolition of Wexford a couple of weeks ago.

Kilkenny stalwart Michael Fennelly will again be unavailable for the Cats this weekend as he continues to struggle with a back injury.

Three things spring to mind immediately after this game in Tullamore yesterday.

Kilkenny stalwart Pat Henderson has pleaded with the hurling review committee to adopt a measured approach in examining the game.

Kilkenny 4-22 Waterford 0-14

Eddie Keher has explained part of his reasoning against yellow and red cards is the “pompous” manner in which referees brandish them to hurlers.

Clara 1-15 Carrickshock 2-10

KILKENNY SHC FINAL:

Carrickshock 4-14 Shamrocks 2-14

Less than a week after Kilkenny’s shock July exit from the All-Ireland hurling championship Diarmuid O’Flynn travelled to the Marble City to gauge the reaction and mood in the county. In that famed hurling talk shop of Langton’s, former stars Noel Skehan, Michael Walsh and writer Enda McEvoy were in no mood to write obituaries about Brian Cody’s men.

AT the final whistle a great roar erupted from thousands of Leeside throats and rumbled around Semple Stadium. But only at the final whistle.

Henry Shefflin and Michael Fennelly will start on the Kilkenny team to play Cork in the All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final in Thurles tomorrow.

Lorcan McLoughlin is hoping Cork can kickstart their season against Kilkenny, just as Dublin did, but the Kanturk midfielder is wary of the consensus the crown is slipping from the heads of the All-Ireland champions.

How much has the victory over Tipperary taken out of Kilkenny?

Kilkenny and Waterford have revealed their teams for tomorrow night's All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier at Semple Stadium (throw-in 7pm).

Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14

“We are 91 days from the end of this decade and there’s gonna be a lot of refugees... If you’re hanging onto a rising balloon, you are presented with a difficult decision. Let go before it’s too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: how long can you keep a grip on the rope? They’re selling hippie wigs in Woolworths, man. The greatest era in the history of mankind is over. And as Presuming Ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black.”

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody has made two enforced changes for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Tipperary at Nowlan Park (throw-in 7pm).

He had been telling us for years that Dublin’s moment was in the offing but Brian Cody, pictured right, had hoped against hope that day wouldn’t come to pass on his watch.

Jackie Tyrrell has recovered from a quad muscle injury to be named in the Kilkenny team for tomorrow's Leinster SHC semi-final replay against Dublin in Portlaoise (throw-in 7pm).

Erin's Own clubman Conor Fogarty will replace the injured Jackie Tyrrell in the Kilkenny defence when they meet Dublin in Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final at O'Moore Park (throw-in 3.50pm).

1. Limerick react to Tipp goal.

Offaly 4-09 Kilkenny 0-26

Work-rate and quality of Limerick’s delivery will dictate their chances

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINAL:

Lar Corbett is winning his battle to be fit for Tipperary’s Munster semi-final against Limerick on June 9 — but Kilkenny are remaining surprisingly tight-lipped about their injury list ahead of facing Offaly on the same day.

Brian Cody has always railed against the notion that there are hurlers growing on trees in Kilkenny and yet every year another handful of unfamiliar faces blossom as spring cedes to summer.

Kilkenny selector Martin Fogarty is looking forward to the return of manager Brian Cody after heart surgery — though it will remove him from the sideline.

Top level hurling these days can read like the lyrics of that Bob Dylan song: broken fingers, broken ash, broken kneecaps, broken feet, broken ribs. Everything is broken.

Michael Rice admits he has proven people wrong by returning to play for Kilkenny.

Irish Examiner columnist, Donal O'Grady, lists three things we have learned from this year's National Hurling League campaign.