Fenians Johnstown GAA

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The Fenians
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Founded:1968
County: Kilkenny
Nickname:The Fenians
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Grounds:Jim Maher Memorial Park
Coordinates: 52°45′03.05″N7°33′31.43″W / 52.7508472°N 7.5587306°W / 52.7508472; -7.5587306
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The Fenians' Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

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History

Located in the village of Johnstown, close to the KilkennyTipperary border, the Fenians' Hurling Club was founded on 16 March 1968. [1] The new club was an amalgamation of St Finbarr's (Johnstown) and St Kieran's, two competing clubs in the same parish who had previously coalesced at under-21 level. [2]

Success was immediate for the new club, with Fenians claiming the Kilkenny JHC title in 1968, after a 5–08 to 3–04 win over Glenmore in the final. This win also secured senior status. [3] Fenians immediately became a new force in the Kilkenny SHC. The club won five Kilkenny SHC titles, including three-in-a-row, from nine final appearances between 1969 and 1981. [4] [5] Fenians also became the first Kilkenny winners of the Leinster Club SHC title, before defeat by St Finbarr's of Cork in the 1975 All-Ireland Club SHC final. [6]

A very first Kilkenny MAHC title, won in 1988, formed the nucleus for a new senior team over the course of the following decade. Fenians contested further Kilkenny SHC finals in 1993, 1995 and 1998, but faced defeat on each occasion. [7] [8]

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Notable players

References

  1. "Remembering The Fenians - County Senior Hurling Champions of 1970" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. "The Fenians - the real story". Kilkenny Live. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. "Facing old rivals on the front line". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. "Remembering The Fenians - Treble County Senior Hurling Champions" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. "Three-in-a-row club hurling legends honoured at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny". Kilkenny Live. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. "Barrs marching on the double just the tonic for iconic former captain Bertie O'Brien". Irish Examiner. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  7. "Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  8. "Graigue take Cleere route to historic double win". Irish Independent. 2 November 1998. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. "Fenians to honour JJ". Hogan Stand. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  10. "Pat Delaney". Hogan Stand. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  11. "Lionhearted Pat Henderson". Hogan Stand. 9 July 1993. Retrieved 23 July 2025.