Keoghan confident Cats can fill holes left by departed duo Lawlor and Ryan

Losing a fellow 2025 All-Star winner and a nominee are blows for Kilkenny but Keoghan is assured they will be replaced. 

Kilkenny hurler Mossy Keoghan during a promotional event at UPMC Nowlan Park Kilkenny as Avonmore owner Tirlán reaffirm sponsorship commitments to Kilkenny GAA for the 2026 season. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Mossie Keoghan laughs when asked if his 2025 All-Star award has pride of place alongside his father, Liam’s, 1997 equivalent on the mantlepiece in the Tullaroan homestead.

"Not quite! I suppose it's still his house so mine got thrown into a different kind of wardrobe out the back there somewhere. It's there, though!”