23. You start every month of September by planning a Sunday trip to Dublin…

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22. …And all going to plan, you’re back to celebrate the return of Liam to the Marble City on the Monday

You’re out on the streets after a well-done steak in Langton’s.

Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan

21. You remember the rare bad days of course like when the 5-in-a-row bid came unstuck in 2010

Seamus Quigley from Knockbrack, Thomastown.

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Paul Stapleton from Knockbrack, Thomastown.

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20. But you’ll always make the effort to have the colours out at the front of the house

Miles ‘Elvis’ Kavanagh at his home in ‘Graceland’, Kilkenny City.

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19. You can’t decide which of the current backs you’d hate most to mark in a match?

JJ?

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Or Jackie?

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Or Tommy?

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18. When Cork people go on about the O’Connor’s, you point out that these are the greatest twins in the history of the GAA

Angela and Ann Downey won 24 All-Ireland senior medals between them with Kilkenny.

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17. At this point you’d like to stress that you have sampled other sports and for example were delighted when Ian Dowling won the Heineken Cup

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16. You’ve gone golfing on occasion in Mount Juliet and spotted this fella once

Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

15. You roared on Darren O’Neill in London last summer

Even if he was wearing blue.

Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

And you know where his heart lies.

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14. You spent time in Buckley Park shouting on Kilkenny City

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13. You’ve always kept an eye out for Gary Murphy’s European Tour results

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12. You’re adamant that Kilkenny’s Adrian O’Dwyer is the coolest athlete Ireland has ever had in the Olympics

He was in the high jump in Athens in 2004.

11. You’ve pointed out that it was a Kilkenny man from Slieverue who was always right about Lance

David Walsh with his book – “Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong”.

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10. You insist that the Mullins clan from Kilkenny are Ireland’s greatest horse-racing family

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9. And you’ve even gone to see a Kilkenny team play this strange sport

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8. But whether you’re young or old, you know no sport other than hurling makes a Kilkenny person react like this

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7. You ensure the youth on Noreside are aware of the rivalry with Tipperary from a very young age

Pupils from Bunscoil McAuley Rice in Callan.

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6. You’ve been amongst the thousands watching training sessions in Nowlan Park

The hard-hitting combat is legendary.

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5. You’ve debated many times about who is the greatest forward out of this trio

Eddie Keher?

6 All-Ireland senior medals and 5 Allstar awards.

DJ Carey?

5 All-Ireland senior medals and 9 Allstar awards.

Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

Or Henry Shefflin?

9 All-Ireland senior medals and 11 Allstar awards.

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4. But you reckon this young lad will be better than them all

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3. You offer up vigils for the health of Henry every winter

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2. But you’re confident in September he will be photographed in poses like this

Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

1. And finally you know that this man is the boss

Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

22 signs you’re a sports fan from Limerick

21 signs you’re a sports fan from Clare

21 signs you’re a sports fan from Tipperary

21 signs you’re a sports fan from Waterford

16 signs you’re a sports fan from Cork

19 signs you’re a sports fan from Kerry