Three of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland heroes offer insight into county's winning formula

Three of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland heroes offer insights into life behind the scenes of one of sport’s most enduring and successful dynasties.

Sunny evenings during the summer, there’s no place you’d rather be than Nowlan Park. You go inknowing it’ll be tough

The secret life of a Kilkenny hurler: what is it like? One never hears much about what goes on behind the curtain at Nowlan Park. But the recent retirement of no fewer than five All-Ireland multi-medallists means hordes of men no longer subject to the Official Secrets Act are roaming around Noreside just dying to talk. Kind of. We tracked down three of them — JJ Delaney (a panellist for 14 seasons, nine All-Ireland medals), Aidan Fogarty (12 seasons, eight All-Irelands) and David Herity (seven seasons, five All-Irelands) – and subjected them to a session almost as searching as one of Brian Cody’s.