{"id":479791,"date":"2026-06-02T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:56:08","slug":"lyng-steps-down-from-kilkenny-manager-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479791\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyng steps down from Kilkenny manager role"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kilkenny county board are on the hunt for a new senior hurling manager after they confirmed that Derek Lyng has stepped down from the role.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes on the back of a disappointing season for Kilkenny, which ended with a Leinster Championship defeat to Dublin last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cats’ first loss in championship to Dublin since 2013 confirmed their championship exit at the provincial stage for the first time in the round robin era.<\/p>\n

Having taken over from Brian Cody at the end of 2022, Lyng guided Kilkenny to three successive Leinster titles, reaching the All-Ireland final in 2023, where they were overwhelmed by Limerick in the second half.<\/p>\n

Under his stewardship Kilkenny also contested two National Hurling League Finals and reached two All-Ireland semi-finals.<\/p>\n

As a player, Lyng enjoyed a remarkable career with his count, winning six All-Ireland titles, 10 Leinster titles, five league titles, three Railway Cup medals and two All-Stars.<\/p>\n

He joined the Kilkenny coaching staff as part of Cody’s senior management team from 2014 to 2019, and helped secure two All-Irelands, three Leinster Championships and two League titles.<\/p>\n

Following this year’s early exit, Lyng admitted it had been a “fractured, up and down year”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked about the toll of the job after the Dublin defeat, Lyng said it was more of a burden on his family, while backing the players to come back from the experience stronger.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a sacrifice for me. It’s a sacrifice for my family. I’ve loved it. We’ve had a couple of very good years. We’re very close to it. Like I said, I knew this year was going to be a challenge.<\/p>\n

Kilkenny chairman PJ Kenny confirmed Lyng’s exit and said: “Derek’s contribution to Kilkenny hurling over almost three decades has been immense.<\/p>\n

“His commitment to the county has never been in question, and he has always carried out his role with honesty, integrity and pride.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of Kilkenny County Board and the people of Kilkenny, I would like to sincerely thank Derek for his outstanding service as a player, selector and manager.<\/p>\n

“We are deeply grateful for everything he has done for Kilkenny hurling and wish him and his family every success in the future.”<\/p>\n

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\nHenry Shefflin is the current manager of the Kilkenny Under-20s<\/p>\n

The likes of Henry Shefflin and Brian Dowling are likely to be in the running as potential successors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shefflin, currently in charge of the Kilkenny Under-20s, has senior inter-county experience from his three-year stint with Galway, and he also guided Ballyhale Shamrocks to All-Ireland club glory in 2019.<\/p>\n

Dowling, a two-time All-Ireland winner with the Cats as a player, began his inter-county coaching career with the Cats’ camogie side, delivering the O\u2019Duffy Cup twice during his time in charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kilkenny county board are on the hunt for a new senior hurling manager after they confirmed that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-479791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479791","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=479791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}