\n Brian Hogan (2016) and Keith Hogan (2015) are recent Kilkenny county winning captains\n<\/p>\n
FOR THE SECOND successive year on Sunday, it was a member of the Hogan family who was lifting the cup after the Kilkenny senior hurling final.<\/p>\n
The novelty lay in the fact that they both play for different clubs.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Brian Hogan was savouring leading O\u2019Loughlin Gaels to glory a year after his brother Keith had done the same for Clara.<\/p>\n
\nTwo brothers have lifted the Kilkenny SHC cup with different clubs in the last two years as captains. Must be unique in the #gaa ? @hogie81<\/p>\n
— eoin quigley (@EoinQuigley) October 31, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Sunday\u2019s victory sparked celebrations for the multiple Kilkenny All-Ireland winner, in stark contrast to the dejection at losing the decider a year previously.<\/p>\n
\nAdvertisement<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cLast year was a bit of an awkward situation,\u201d admitted Hogan, when speaking to TG4\u2032s GAA BEO after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just after coming from having a few words with my brother. He\u2019s delighted for me. Look I was delighted for him last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously there was huge disappointment at losing on a personal level. It was a complicated situation. Thankfully we don\u2019t have that situation this year. It\u2019s a fantastic moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Keith and Brian Hogan in opposition in the 2015 Kilkenny county final<\/p>\n
Source: Donall Farmer\/INPHO<\/p>\n
\n Brian and Keith Hogan embrace after the 2015 Kilkenny county final\n<\/p>\n
The background to how the brothers ended up playing for different clubs stems from when Brian was born, the Hogan family lived in Kilkenny city and he played for the local O\u2019Loughlin Gaels club.<\/p>\n
The family then moved to Clara, just outside Kilkenny city, before Keith was born.<\/p>\n
Brian continued to play for O\u2019Loughlin Gaels as he stayed going to St John\u2019s NS in Kilkenny city. Keith attended primary school in Clara and that then became his club.<\/p>\n
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A 2016 county final face-off was prevented when Clara lost out at the semi-final stage this year to Ballyhale Shamrocks, who then lost out 0-19 to 1-12 against O\u2019Loughlin Gaels on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\n Brian Hogan with his son Jack after Sunday’s game<\/p>\n
Source: James Crombie\/INPHO<\/p>\n
The success marked O\u2019Loughlin Gaels fourth Kilkenny senior hurling crown with Brian Hogan a constant feature in all of those wins \u2013 2001, 2003, 2010 and 2016.<\/p>\n
The target now will be to emulate their achievement in 2003 and 2010 by progressing to win in Leinster. A semi-final against Offaly\u2019s St Rynagh\u2019s or Wexford\u2019s Oulart-the-Ballagh awaits on 20 November.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first in the club\u2019s history (was) in 2001, I was on the team and it\u2019s a memory that stuck with me forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe guys up there, it sounds a bit cheesy, but they\u2019re my brothers in terms of growing up hurling with them and training with them every second night.<\/p>\n
\n Henry Shefflin congratulates Brian Hogan after Sunday’s game<\/p>\n
Source: James Crombie\/INPHO<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just fantastic to go back up to the club now and meet the people you\u2019ve grown up hurling with, coached you and everything.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be at the top of Kilkenny hurling, it\u2019s so difficult. To have got there is just a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
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