LIMERICK WILL HOST a homecoming celebration at the Gaelic Grounds tomorrow to welcome home the county’s All-Ireland hurling champions, who overcame Galway in a nail biting clash at Croke Park on Sunday. John Kiely’s side ended a 45 year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup with a dramatic 3-16 to 2-18 victory — recording the […]
LIMERICK FELT LIKE ‘second-class citizens’ during their long, barren years in the hurling wilderness. They’ll enjoy this one. “This group has phenomenal belief in its own ability, its own resolve, and that never-say-die attitude,” Treaty boss John Kiely told RTÉ. “We’ve worked so, so hard and Galway pushed us all the way in that last […]
IT TOOK A while to get going, but the end to that All-Ireland final was truly something special. Limerick did all the hurling up until the last 15 minutes or so, but Galway will consider themselves a little unlucky not to come away with a draw after roaring into life down the home straight. If […]
1. Nickie Quaid and Cian Lynch celebrate 2. Galway’s Paul Killeen sits devastated on the Croke Park pitch Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO 3. Galway manager Micheal Donoghue congratulates John Kiely 4. A picture is worth a thousand words for Shane Dowling 5. Darragh O’Donovan plays a game of catch with the Liam MacCarthy 6. A Limerick […]
1. Limerick end 45-year famine OF ALL THE sides to start out in the All-Ireland SHC this season, only Dublin and Waterford have endured longer waits than Limerick without the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO After five successive defeats on the All-Ireland final stage (1974, 1980, 1994, 1996 and 2007), the Shannonsiders finally ended […]
Source: RT ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS LIMERICK have seven players on The Sunday Game’s Hurling Team of the Year, with three for runners-up Galway. Beaten semi-finalists Cork and Clare both have two players apiece, while Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy is the only representative from a county outside this year’s final four. The team was selected by a […]
LIMERICK FORWARD KYLE Hayes has been named man of the match in today’s All-Ireland hurling final. Hayes, who finished with four points from play, was instrumental as the Treaty ended their 45-year wait to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup. The 20-year-old beat his captain Declan Hannon and Galway star Joe Canning — who scored 1-10 […]
WHEN THE CHANCE came on the biggest day in the hurling year, Shane Dowling was ready to seize it. In front of Hill 16 he gathered the sliotar in the 68th minute of the All-Ireland decider, stepped back inside the Galway cover and despatched his shot to the bottom corner of the net. Limerick’s third […]
RTÉ’S COVERAGE OF the All-Ireland senior football final won’t feature any interviews with Tyrone players or management, a statement from the national broadcaster has confirmed. Mickey Harte has refused to speak with RTÉ since June 2011 after an ill-judged comedy sketch on The John Murray Show mimicked the Tyrone boss just six months after the death […]
DECLAN HANNON BEGAN his captain’s winning speech yesterday by tipping his cap to the players and management who went before them in the 45 years since their last All-Ireland triumph. The centre-back doubled down on that sentiment under the Hogan Stand afterwards as the enormity of what Limerick had achieved started to sink in. “There […]