Kilkenny SHC final: Family occasion as Hogan brothers set for battle

Club is family? Make that ‘clubs are family’ in Sunday’s Kilkenny SHC final, where brothers Brian and Keith Hogan are set to mark one another as Clara meet O’Loughlin Gaels.

Kilkenny SHC final: Family occasion as Hogan brothers set for battle

It’s not the first time the pair have clashed. What might have started in the back garden, the last duel came in last year’s quarter-final when Clara won out (they didn’t mark one another but there’s a humorous photograph available online of Brian pulling back Keith’s jersey).

After guiding Clara to their last county title in 2013, Keith explained the circumstances behind the differing colours: “Basically, a long story short, my parents got married and were living in town and had my two brothers, Brian and Barry. They moved out to Clara then where they bought the house and settled.

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