{"id":334128,"date":"2026-03-07T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334128\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:35:09","slug":"waterford-v-tipperary-league-game-postponed-due-to-bereavement-%c2%b7-the-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334128\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford v Tipperary league game postponed due to bereavement \u00b7 The 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOMORROW\u2019S DIVISION 1A hurling league meeting of Waterford and Tipperary has been postponed due to a bereavement.<\/p>\n<p>The game, scheduled for Walsh Park, will not be played this weekend following the untimely passing of Benny Kiely, father of Waterford forward Michael Kiely, last night.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture is set to be rescheduled for next weekend, with details of the rearranged game to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Waterford GAA extends our deepest condolences to Waterford Senior Hurler Michael Kiely on the passing of his father Benny. Our thoughts are with all the Kiely family, especially Benny\u2019s wife Dolores and sons Jack &amp; Michael, and all involved with the Abbeyside Ballinacourty club.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sVSHUf0UGg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sVSHUf0UGg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Waterford GAA (@WaterfordGAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaterfordGAA\/status\/2030277763249197279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A Waterford GAA statement read: \u201cWaterford GAA extends our deepest condolences to Waterford senior hurler Michael Kiely on the passing of his father Benny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with all the Kiely family, especially Benny\u2019s wife Dolores and sons Jack &amp; Michael, and all involved with the Abbeyside Ballinacourty club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mark of respect, tomorrow\u2019s Allianz League hurling fixture v Tipperary has been postponed. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Postponed \u2013 Allianz Hurling League: Tipperary v Waterford<\/p>\n<p>Please note that tomorrow\u2019s Allianz Hurling League game against Waterford has been postponed following the untimely passing of Benny Kiely, father of Waterford hurler Michael Kiely (Abbeyside Ballinacourty). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ex8zuaB0rX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Ex8zuaB0rX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tipperary GAA (@TipperaryGAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TipperaryGAA\/status\/2030276653901848941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A Tipperary GAA statement read: \u201cTipperary GAA and the Tipperary Senior Hurlers extend their sincere sympathies to the Kiely family on Benny\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAr dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a anam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOMORROW\u2019S DIVISION 1A hurling league meeting of Waterford and Tipperary has been postponed due to a bereavement. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1965,4183,42,43,4356,153728,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-334128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hurling","tag-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-rip","tag-teamwaterford-hurling-1590","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}