Kilkenny and Carlow only have a short break over Christmas before they’re straight into inter county action.
The O Byrne and Walsh Cup fixtures have been released with Kilkenny getting the ball rolling at home on Thursday the 5th of January against DCU in the hurling.
Thursday 5th January 2017
Walsh Cup Senior Hurling:
MW Hire Park Dunmore (7.30)
Kilkenny v DCU Dochas Eireann
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Saturday 7th January 2017
O’ Byrne Cup Senior Football:
St Conleths Park Newbridge (2.00)
Kildare v Longford
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Sunday 8th January 2017
O Byrne Cup Senior Football:
Parnell Park (4.00)
Dublin v DCU Dochas Eireann
St. Patricks Park, Enniscorthy (2.00)
Wexford v UCD
Geashill (Raheen GAA) (2.00)
Offaly v IT Carlow
Pairc Tailteann Navan (2.00)
Meath v Wicklow
Portarlington (2.00)
Laois v DIT
TEG Cusack Park (2.00)
Westmeath v Louth
Netwatch Cullen Park (2.00)
Carlow v Maynooth University
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Sunday 8th January 2017
Walsh Cup Senior Hurling:
Duggan Park, Ballinasloe (2.00)
Galway v DIT
Abbeyleix (2.00)
Laois v NUI Galway
Kinnegad (2.00)
Westmeath v Antrim
Parnell Park (2.00)
Dublin v Carlow
Pairc Ui Suiochan Gorey (2.00)
Wexford v UCD
Trim (2.00)
Meath v Offaly
St. Conleths Park Newbridge (2.00)
Kildare v IT Carlow