Clare and Limerick: The most visceral of rivalries

And when the Banner eventually got around to winning All-Irelands under a certain gentleman from Feakle, it was Limerick who stood in their way. First at Semple Stadium in the 1995 Munster final, when the walls at last came tumbling down, and then the following year at the Gaelic Grounds on another boiling Ennis Road day: Ciarán Carey and all that.
They’ve always had each other and they always will. Green and white, saffron and blue. Limerick 34 championship wins, Clare 16, one draw. It is among the most immediate, the most visceral of GAA rivalries. And the most geographically unavoidable; when Clare people head to a Munster championship match they have to cross the Shannon.