page_title: Kilkenny county hurling team
section_title: The Brian Cody era
hierarchical_section_title: Kilkenny county hurling team / History / The Brian Cody era
caption_attribution_description: English: Cillian Buckley in action for Kilkenny against Galway in the 2015 National Hurling League at Pearse Stadium
context_page_description: The Kilkenny county hurling team represents Kilkenny in hurling and is governed by Kilkenny GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team compete in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.
  Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. The team's manager is Brian Cody.
  The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2016, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2015 and the National League in 2018.
context_section_description: Nickey Brennan guided the Kilkenny senior hurlers for two seasons in the mid-1990s. However, he had little success. His successor, Kevin Fennelly, brought the county back to their winning ways by capturing a Leinster title in 1998 at the expense of Offaly GAA. Offaly later gained their revenge by defeating ‘the Cats’ in the All-Ireland final. Fennelly, in turn, was succeeded by Brian Cody, one of the most successful managers of the modern era, much of his success due to skill, organisation, work-rate and a never say die attitude.
caption: Cillian Buckley in action in a National Hurling League game against Galway in Pearse Stadium
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