1. Kilkenny’s win in the Division 1 hurling league final in May
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2. And beating Tipperary in the qualifiers in Nowlan Park
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3. Darren O’Neill, now chairman of the Olympic Council of Ireland Athletes Commission, earning gold in the Multi Nations finals in Finland
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4. Thomastown earned victory the AIB All-Ireland junior hurling club title in February
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5. Clara claimed in the AIB All-Ireland intermediate hurling club title
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6. Kilkenny Harriers runner Ciara Everard broke the 800m national record and competed in the European Indoor Championships
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7. Former Kilkenny College student Peter Lydon has been making a name for himself at Stade Francais
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8. David Walsh picked up Irish Sports Book of the Year for ‘Seven Deadly Sins’
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