Kilkenny football is basking in a warm glow after a wonderful weekend.

The Cats claimed the Britain Junior Football Championship on Saturday and, on Sunday, O'Loughlin Gaels won the Division 6 Féile final while Danesfort reached the Division 10 final.

"It is nice to have good news about Kilkenny football for a change given all the doom and gloom that we are usually talking about," Kilkenny Football Board chairman Tom Brennan notes in The Irish Examiner.

"The win in Edinburgh was a remarkable achievement and a massive credit to Christy Walsh and his players. And then for two teams from Kilkenny to play in the national Féile football finals, that was the icing on the cake. We had a lot of doubters.

"When hurling is going so strong in the county a lot of people don't want to hear about football. But there are still a lot of people who are putting time and effort into football and wanting it to be a success. Thankfully they were rewarded."

Manager Wash adds: "We nearly had to win it this year given the effort we are putting in. There is a huge amount of hassle and logistics, organising flights to play, as you are often planning things at short notice, week to week.

"For example we used four flights to bring everyone home from Edinburgh. That wasn't because we had massive numbers; it was because we had limited space available on flights as we were booking so late."

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