the treacy clan records show that kilcurl was once well known in kilkenny's cricket world, in 1884, at a time when the county had over 40 teams, although they had reduced to 20 by 1931. referring to the "history of cricket in co. kilkenny" by michael o'dwyer (2006) and "the forgotten game" by o'dwyer books, college gardens, kilkenny - they list kilcurl teams that beat knocktopher in 1984 and included j. carbery, j. treacy, j. treacy junior, j. quinn, d. treacy, p. long, p. power, w. gorman, m. scurry, m. kenny and j. ryan.