It’s always the manager’s fault. Always. We know this. You know this. They know it better than anyone.

Limerick’s recent round-robin win over Cork featured several moments of exquisite play but none more so than Cian Lynch’s pass to Adam English for their second goal.

A unique feature of the 1980 All-Ireland hurling final was the head-to-head between Galway full-back Niall McInerney and Limerick’s full-forward Joe McKenna.

“He never wasted a ball” – that’s how my father Hugo remembers the late, great Brian Mullins, a close friend from their student days at Thomond College, Limerick, right up until Brian’s sad passing.

Henry Shefflin is the only player to win Hurler of the Year three times but Cian Lynch could match him this summer.

Nowhere does ‘recency bias’ loom as large as in sport. Excitable talk about the biggest, brightest and best arrives several times a year, especially in Gaelic games. Even seasoned commentators and analysts tend to get caught up in the fervour.

Aidan O’Connor will make his first championship start for Limerick in Saturday’s Munster final against Cork, replacing Shane O’Brien at full forward.

Kerry’s All-Ireland Championship title ambitions could be dealt a huge blow with fears growing that midfielder Barry Dan O’Sullivan’s knee injury is more serious than initially thought, and could, in a worse case scenario, end his involvement […]

When Galway joined Leinster in 2009, the hurling world expected them to become the team to regularly challenge Kilkenny. Since then, however, they’ve won the Bob O’Keeffe Cup just three times. Kilkenny’s tally in that time? Ten.

History came whispering along in the breeze. The Belfield Bowl, overflowing with memories.

Joe is joined by John Mullane and Jamesie O'Connor to relive their experiences across 15 combined Munster finals.

Another Munster final. John Kiely stresses they haven’t begun to feel routine or mundane, that Limerick’s recent prominence here hasn’t had any desensitising effect on them or the county at large.

Former Limerick hurling star Graeme Mulcahy has labelled the criticism of the Treaty’s handpassing as “nonsense” with the five-time All-Ireland SHC winner insisting “it gets too much focus”.

At the interface where south Limerick meets north Cork, a bustling trade in pre-match banter mingles with an air of trepidation. They love their hurling, and their bragging rights twice as much.

Pat Ryan made no bones about it, at Cork’s pre-Munster final press conference last week, when he said Mark Coleman was the only player who played well for them in their 16-point loss to Limerick.

It’s always the manager’s fault. Always. We know this. You know this. They know it better than anyone.

Limerick’s recent round-robin win over Cork featured several moments of exquisite play but none more so than Cian Lynch’s pass to Adam English for their second goal.

A unique feature of the 1980 All-Ireland hurling final was the head-to-head between Galway full-back Niall McInerney and Limerick’s full-forward Joe McKenna.

“He never wasted a ball” – that’s how my father Hugo remembers the late, great Brian Mullins, a close friend from their student days at Thomond College, Limerick, right up until Brian’s sad passing.

Henry Shefflin is the only player to win Hurler of the Year three times but Cian Lynch could match him this summer.

Nowhere does ‘recency bias’ loom as large as in sport. Excitable talk about the biggest, brightest and best arrives several times a year, especially in Gaelic games. Even seasoned commentators and analysts tend to get caught up in the fervour.

Aidan O’Connor will make his first championship start for Limerick in Saturday’s Munster final against Cork, replacing Shane O’Brien at full forward.

Kerry’s All-Ireland Championship title ambitions could be dealt a huge blow with fears growing that midfielder Barry Dan O’Sullivan’s knee injury is more serious than initially thought, and could, in a worse case scenario, end his involvement […]

When Galway joined Leinster in 2009, the hurling world expected them to become the team to regularly challenge Kilkenny. Since then, however, they’ve won the Bob O’Keeffe Cup just three times. Kilkenny’s tally in that time? Ten.

History came whispering along in the breeze. The Belfield Bowl, overflowing with memories.

Joe is joined by John Mullane and Jamesie O'Connor to relive their experiences across 15 combined Munster finals.

Another Munster final. John Kiely stresses they haven’t begun to feel routine or mundane, that Limerick’s recent prominence here hasn’t had any desensitising effect on them or the county at large.

Former Limerick hurling star Graeme Mulcahy has labelled the criticism of the Treaty’s handpassing as “nonsense” with the five-time All-Ireland SHC winner insisting “it gets too much focus”.

At the interface where south Limerick meets north Cork, a bustling trade in pre-match banter mingles with an air of trepidation. They love their hurling, and their bragging rights twice as much.

Pat Ryan made no bones about it, at Cork’s pre-Munster final press conference last week, when he said Mark Coleman was the only player who played well for them in their 16-point loss to Limerick.