List of Kilkenny senior hurling team captains

List of captains

Notes

1. Reid was appointed captain although he had not yet nailed down a starting place on the Kilkenny starting fifteen. If he did not line out his brother, Eoin Reid was to act as captain. If neither Reid lined out Henry Shefflin would be the stand-by captain.
2. Fennelly was appointed captain although he had not yet nailed down a place on the Kilkenny starting fifteen. Henry Shefflin was appointed vice-captain and deputised when Fennelly was not playing.

References

References

1. (23 January 2025). "Donnelly handed Kilkenny captaincy". Hogan Stand.
2. (30 December 2023). "Paddy Deegan named as Kilkenny hurling captain for 2024 while Ronan Maher will skipper Tipperary". Irish Independent.
3. (26 January 2023). "Eoin Cody takes over as Kilkenny Senior Hurling Captain". Kilkenny Live.
4. (23 February 2022). "Richie Reid will captain Kilkenny hurlers in 2022". Irish Examiner.
5. (20 January 2021). "Adrian Mullen set to be named as Kilkenny captain; Conor Phelan joins management team". Irish Examiner.
6. (6 March 2020). "Fennelly to captain Kilkenny". Hogan Stand.
7. (16 January 2019). "T.J. Reid nominated as Kilkenny captain". Kilkenny Live.
8. (20 December 2017). "Buckley to captain the Cats". Hogan Stand.
9. (18 January 2017). "Bergin nominated as captain". Kilkenny Live.
10. (5 February 2016). "Shane Prendergast to captain Kilkenny Hurlers in 2016". Score Line.
11. (18 December 2014). "Holden handed Cats captaincy". Hogan Stand.
12. (11 February 2014). "Ryan to captain Cats". Hogan Stand.
13. (20 December 2012). "Injury downs Shefflin again". Kilkenny Live.
14. (3 November 2011). "Larkin is Stephens’ choice as next Kilkenny captain". Irish Examiner.
15. (25 March 2011). "Cats honour Hogan with captaincy". Irish Independent.
16. (14 January 2010). "TJ Reid set to captain the Cats". Irish Examiner.
17. (2 December 2008). "Fennelly to captain the Cats in 2009". Irish Independent.
18. (23 January 2008). "Cha to captain Cats". Hogan Stand.
19. (25 March 2015). "Perfect 10 – The story of Henry Shefflin’s All-Ireland hurling glories". The 42.
20. (23 February 2006). "Tyrrell to captain Cats". Irish Examiner.
21. (5 August 2020). "Former Kilkenny captain Peter Barry is still going strong at 45". Hogan Stand.
22. (25 February 2004). "Martin Comerford to captain Cats". Irish Examiner.
23. (13 September 2003). "Two captains, leading from the front". Irish Examiner.
24. (4 September 2003). "'I should not be the captain' says DJ". Irish Independent.
25. (7 September 2002). "A case of first among equals". Irish Independent.
26. (14 June 2007). "Byrne dropped for All-Ireland semi". RTÉ Sport.
27. (9 May 2001). "O'Connor plays guessing game". Irish Independent.
28. (3 December 2004). "Byrne back with The Cats". Irish Independent.
29. (8 September 1998). "Captain Hickey lets his hurling do the talking". Irish Independent.
30. "Wexford v Kilkenny - Guinness Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final". Sportsfile.
31. (3 July 2013). "O'Connor calls Tipp 'bottle' into question". Irish Independent.
32. (16 March 2019). "Liam Fennelly and Patrick Holden’s Ballyhale memories: ‘Finbarr’s nearly had a Cork team of their own. But we didn’t mind’". Irish Examiner.
33. (3 July 2011). "Where are they now? Christy Heffernan". Irish Independent.
34. (10 June 2023). "Paddy Prendergast: 'The Normans were serious workers. That influence is still there.'". Irish Examiner.
35. (23 June 2023). "PICTURES: Forty years on - Kilkenny prepares to relive the double-double!". Kilkenny Live.
36. (25 May 2018). "Hurling a life-long lesson for apt pupil Brian Cody". GAA website.
37. (17 September 2016). "After rescue from the backwaters, Keeva turns into Cats 'Golden Girl'". Kilkenny Live.
38. (16 August 2019). "Family ties Kilkenny's hurling tradition". GAA website.
39. (15 July 2022). "The PM O'Sullivan interview: 'He started talking to his hand: ‘Would you ever steady up? I’m here drinking with the Kilkenny captain’.'". Irish Examiner.
40. (3 May 2014). "Eddie Keher’s all-time selection dilemma". Irish Examiner.
41. (8 August 2019). "The heroes of '67 changed things for the better for Kilkenny". Kilkenny Live.
42. (27 May 2017). "Kilkenny's top 25 hurlers of the past 50 years". Kilkenny Live.
43. (27 October 2011). "Former Kilkenny captain Michael Kelly dies". Kilkenny Live.
44. (14 May 2017). "The late Mrs Alice Kennedy of Bennettsbridge and Kilkenny". Kilkenny Live.
45. (5 September 2009). "Hitler shocks Poland and the Cats shock Cork". Irish Independent.
46. "Paddy Grace: one of the greats of the GAA". Kilkenny Observer.
47. (27 January 2018). "Knitting the threads of Kilkenny’s hurling history". Irish Examiner.
48. (2 September 2010). "As Kilkenny aim for a historic five-in-a-row, the records show how hard it is to keep winning". Irish Independent.
49. (1 September 2008). "Kilkenny's search for three-in-a-rows". Hogan Stand.