Conahy Shamrocks is an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club situated in the small parish of Conahy, in County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The club was founded in 1886, and is therefore one of the oldest in the county. Conahy won the 2008 Junior club All-Ireland in Croke Park defeating Moyle Rovers of Tipperary, Conahy Club member and President of the GAA Nickey Brennan presented the cup to his home club.

Notable hurlers

• Shem Downey
  Shem Downey
  Shem Downey was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Tullaroan and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1946 until 1954....
  
  
• Dermot Healy
  Dermot Healy
  Dermot Healy is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He has won the Hennessy Award , the Tom Gallon Award , and the Encore Award...
  
  
• Nickey Brennan
  Nickey Brennan
  Nickey Brennan is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Conahy Shamrocks and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1970s...
  
  
• Kieran Brennan
  Kieran Brennan
  Kieran Brennan is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Conahy Shamrocks and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s.-Club:...
  
  
• Canice Brennan
  Canice Brennan
  Canice Brennan is a former Kilkenny hurler who played with Conahy Shamrocks and the Kilkenny intercounty team. He was part of the Kilkenny team that won the All-Ireland in 2000, having played in previous finals and achieving success at minor and under-21 level....
  
  

External links

• Information about Conahy Shamrocks on the KilkennyCats website
• Conahy Shamrocks GAA Club Web Site - http://www.conahyshamrocks.gaa.ie