Month: September 2021

Cavan 2-14 Tipperary 1-14 CAVAN STAGED A superb second-half comeback to retain their senior status the expense of Tipperary in the TG4 Ladies All-Ireland relegation playoff final at Dolan Park in Virginia. When Tipperary midfielder Aisling McCarthy pointed a free after half time, that gave the visitors a deserved nine point lead and they looked…

Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18 Fintan O’Toole reports from Croke Park AT THE END of a pulsating hurling summer, a long wait for success has ended. Limerick have finally got their hands on the Liam MacCarthy Cup, Declan Hannon the first man from the county to raise the silver since 1973. But that 45-year wait nearly…

AFTER 45 YEARS of shattered dreams, Limerick are the All-Ireland senior hurling champions once again. John Kiely’s side beat Galway by a single point, 3-16 to 2-18, after the defending champions came up short in their attempt to pull off a most remarkable comeback at the death. There was no shortage of stars in green…

TOM MORRISSEY REFUSED to use the word ‘unbelievable’ after Limerick’s All-Ireland triumph, because he always believed that this team would end the Treaty famine. Morrissey’s second-half goal helped Limerick to take control against Galway as they put one hand on the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time since 1973. But John Kiely’s side had…

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 Click Here: SL…

Click: 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…

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. Click Here: cheap nrl jerseys The…