Kilkenny minor camogie squad confirmed ahead of the new season

Kilkenny have named a 29-player squad as the minor camogie team get set to defend their All-Ireland title later this month.

David Maher's team defeated Cork in the final in Nowlan Park last April and with a number of players till underage again, expectation will be high among the Cats faithful.

The Noresiders will face off with Dublin (Home), Tipperary (Away), Limerick (Away), Galway (Home) and Cork (Away) during the round-robin stages with the top four teams advancing to the semi-finals.

The squad in full is as follows:

Kilkenny Minor Camogie Squad- Orla Duggan (St Anne's), Ella Walton (Tullaroan), Mairead Duggan (St Anne's), Erin Morrissey (Bennettsbridge), Ellen Treacy (Thomastown), Hannah Tennyson (Carrickshock), Ona Kennedy (Windgap), Aoife O'Grady (St Anne's), Chloe Teehan (St Brigid's), Ali Greany (Dicksboro), Sinead Jones (Glenmore), Shannon Doheny (Tullaroan), Eleanor Doheny (Tullaroan), Aoibhinn Ryan (Tullogher), Lucy Coomey (James Stephens), Katie O'Shea (Carrickshock), Sinead Henderson (St Anne's), Shauna Mahony (Danesfort), Ruth Crowley (O'Loughlin Gaels), Emily Cooney (Mooncoin), Hollie Ryan (Bennettsbridge), Tara Cody (St Brigid's), Sadhbh Shefflin (Ballyhale), Emily Phelan (John Lockes), Niamh Drennan (St Anne's), Amy O'Shea (Carrickshock), Leah O'Donovan (John Lockes), Oonagh Fitzgerald (Clara) and Ciara Hickey (St Lachtain's).

Management- David Maher, Derrick Brennan, Paschal Walsh, Paddy Moore and Aoife Cantwell