Editing Kilkenny (section)

===Rugby===
[[Kilkenny RFC]] founded in 1885,<ref name="O'Mahony 2009">{{cite news |title=A proud tradition carved in Marble |author=O'Mahony |url=http://www.herald.ie/sport/leinster-rugby/a-proud-tradition-carved-in-marble-1604445.html |newspaper=herald.ie |date=17 January 2009 |access-date=8 February 2011 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124535/http://www.herald.ie/sport/leinster-rugby/a-proud-tradition-carved-in-marble-1604445.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[rugby union]] club based at Foulkstown on the Waterford Road.<ref name="KKRFC">From the [http://www.kilkennyrugby.com/ official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128092349/http://kilkennyrugby.com/ |date=2011-01-28 }} of [[Kilkenny RFC]]; see history {{cite web|url=http://www.kilkennyrugby.com/history.htm|title=I|access-date=2011-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150315/http://www.kilkennyrugby.com/history.htm|archive-date=2011-07-13|url-status=dead}} & {{cite news|author=Dermot O'Mahony|url=http://www.kilkennyrugby.com/history2.htm|title=II|access-date=2011-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150343/http://www.kilkennyrugby.com/history2.htm|archive-date=2011-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The club has provided a number players for the Ireland national team, including [[Jack Notley]], [[Willie Duggan]], [[Ned Byrne]], [[Ronan Kearney]] and [[Gary Halpin]].<ref name="KKRFC" /> [[Ian Dowling]] plays for the Munster Rugby team and is a two-time winner of the European Rugby Cup in 2006 and 2008.<ref name="KKRFC" />

Rugby is played at schools level by [[Kilkenny College]] and Kilkenny Christian Brothers School (CBS).{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}