Experience the key in glory day for Gaels

ANOTHER Kilkenny senior hurling title for O’Loughlin Gaels in summery Nowlan Park yesterday and a sweet win it was.

But there was bitter disappointment for Carrickshock, once a powerhouse in the county, but the wait since their last glory day in 1951 drifts into another season.

There can be no question about the result either as the city side were far sharper from first ball to almost the last. Carrickshock threatened for only a brief few minutes after the start of the second half, when Richie Power’s well-struck penalty was deflected out for a 65, and again towards the end of the tie after midfielder John Tennyson had got on the end of a John Dalton lobbed 65 to double to the net.