This weekend provided a historic victory for Kiladangan, with the club winning only their second every Tipperary senior hurling title with a one-point victory over Thurles Sarsfield in their county final replay on Sunday.
The club have been steadily building over the last couple of decades, reaching county finals in 2016 and 2019 before finally winning their first title in 2020. While that achievement may have been dampened every so slightly by the fact that it came during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, they are certain to bask in the glory of this win.
That includes calling out some people they felt had wronged them in recent times.
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Kiladangan captain calls out Tipperary boss Liam Cahill
Kiladangan have become an increasingly influential club in Tipperary hurling circles, something that had extended to the inter-county team. As a recent county champion, they had six players on the Tipp panel in 2022. However, that number was reduced to just two in the 40-man panel after Liam Cahill took over for the 2023 season.
Only one of them, goalkeeper Barry Hogan, would make the panel for championship. This was despite the fact that Kiladangan were only beaten in a county final replay in 2022, pointing towards the quality available in the club.
Captain Alan Flynn, who saw his brother Paul cut from the Tipperary squad, said that their latest achievement showed that the inter-county management team had gotten that decision wrong.
Speaking after their win in the final (h/t Irish Times), he felt that Liam Cahill and his management co had completely 'disregarded' the talent coming from their club.
We got thrown under the bus last year, not brought back in, and we were not happy about it at all. I think they disregarded us as a club.
It was absolutely ridiculous. You’re telling me there’s no one out there good enough to be on the Tipperary team? It’s absolutely madness.
Finally, we get a chance to speak about it because I was asked about this before the county final, I wasn’t going to talk about it.
To be honest, that was a massive thing that we wanted to show them that we’re well good enough to be on that Tipp panel.
It was a fairly mixed season for Tipperary in 2023, who came third in the Munster round-robin before losing to Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
There are set to be some changes made to their panel for next year, with a return of some Kiladangan stars likely to be a part of that overhaul.
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