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Anthony Daly

A glorious opportunity to see how far Limerick have come

On the day Dublin played Waterford in the relegation final in Walsh Park in 2014, we still had four minutes before we had to leave the dressing room when I walked out the door. “I’ve enough said,” I told the players. “I’m going.” I high-tailed, banged the door and was gone.

Sat, 10 Mar, 2018

Hang-ups gone, Limerick are ready for odyssey

I met a man on Wednesday night mad keen to chat about the old days with Clare, good and bad. Inevitably, the bad came first. “God, 1993 was some total disaster,” he said. “The hiding we got from Tipperary was something savage.”

Sat, 03 Mar, 2018

Kilkenny fight with the humility of their modest old heroes

For years I spent so long trying to take down Kilkenny lads that I am now spending so much time alongside in TV studios, writes Anthony Daly.

Mon, 26 Feb, 2018

Is this shadow boxing before temperature rises in summer?

That’s why this league is about more than just accumulating points. Because accumulating lessons and experience is often just as important, writes Anthony Daly

Mon, 19 Feb, 2018

Are Wexford peaking in February when they should be puking?

It may only be February but the Model County already look to be in peak condition, reckons Anthony Daly

Sat, 17 Feb, 2018

Fired up Fitzy still gunning for grand slams

Over 20 years on, Davy Fitzgerald still wants to win everything as badly as ever, writes Anthony Daly

Sat, 03 Feb, 2018

With all changed utterly, teams fall back on home comforts

We’re all still trying to make some sense of this new hurling calendar, with matches in January and a glut of upcoming fixtures to rival the Premier League’s Christmas schedule, writes Anthony Daly.

Mon, 29 Jan, 2018

2018 may prove to be Brian Cody’s biggest challenge

I was driving home from an underage coaching day in Kilmacud Crokes in Dublin last Saturday when a friend texted me. “Some Walsh Cup final in Nowlan Park,” he said. “It sounds like an epic.”

Sat, 27 Jan, 2018

Can Galway find savage hunger again?

When we won the All-Ireland with Clare in 1995, the league back then began in October, which wasn’t good for the head, and especially the body, writes Anthony Daly. 

Sat, 23 Dec, 2017

So much to admire about the Na Piarsaigh success story

The memories came flooding back to me in Thurles yesterday from all angles. It was almost 20 years to the day since we, Clarecastle, won our only Munster title in 1997. We had beaten Ballygunner in the semi-final. There was a Limerick team in the final again yesterday, just like there had been when we met Patrickswell.

Mon, 20 Nov, 2017