Fenians Johnstown GAA
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| Founded: | 1968 | ||||||||
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| County: | Kilkenny | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Fenians | ||||||||
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| Grounds: | Jim Maher Memorial Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52°45′03.05″N 7°33′31.43″W / 52.7508472°N 7.5587306°W | ||||||||
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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.
History
[edit]Located in the village of Johnstown, close to the Kilkenny–Tipperary 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]
Honours
[edit]- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1974
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
- Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1968
- Kilkenny Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 1988
Notable players
[edit]- J.J. Delaney: All-Ireland SHC–winner (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)[9]
- Pat Delaney: All-Ireland SHC–winner (1969, 1972, 1974, 1975)[10]
- Pat Henderson: All-Ireland SHC–winner (1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Remembering The Fenians - County Senior Hurling Champions of 1970" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "The Fenians - the real story". Kilkenny Live. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Facing old rivals on the front line". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Remembering The Fenians - Treble County Senior Hurling Champions" (PDF). Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Three-in-a-row club hurling legends honoured at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny". Kilkenny Live. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Barrs marching on the double just the tonic for iconic former captain Bertie O'Brien". Irish Examiner. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Graigue take Cleere route to historic double win". Irish Independent. 2 November 1998. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Fenians to honour JJ". Hogan Stand. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Pat Delaney". Hogan Stand. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Lionhearted Pat Henderson". Hogan Stand. 9 July 1993. Retrieved 23 July 2025.