The Kilkenny branch of the GAA or Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in 1887. Hurling is the dominant sport in the county, and Kilkenny has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 43 times, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 68 times and the National Hurling League which they have won fifteen times.
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Kilkenny's colours are black and amber, are known as the cats or the stripy men.
Hurling has been played in one way or another for over 3,000 years. It shares a lot with Gaelic football such as the field and goals and number of players.
The players are using a wooden stick called a hurley to hit a ball called sliotar, which is has around the same size as a tennis ball. If you get the ball in the goal you get a goal which is worth three points, if you get the ball between the two poles on top of the goal, you get a point. The ball can be caught by hand and carried for no more than four steps, then it either has to be struck in the air, or on the ground, with the hurley. The game is two times 35 minutes for inter-county senior matches and two times 30 minutes for all other matches
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