Founded 1905 Most titles Mooncoin (6 titles) | Title holders Mooncoin (6th title) Sponsors J. J. Kavanagh & Sons | |
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The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Nowlan Park in October. The prize for the winning team is the Bob Aylward Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series.
The Kilkenny County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster GAA Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Kilkenny county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
The title has been won at least once by fifty-six different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Mooncoin][John Locke's GAA|John Locke's, Mullinavat, Glenmore, ], James Stephens, Thomastown and Carrickshock, who have all won the competition four times.
St. Patrick's were the 2011 winners after defeating Piltown in the championship decider. Thomastown became the all-time leaders with 5 titles, when they defeated neighbors Bennettsbridge in the 2012 final.