By teatime tomorrow the giant primal scream therapy session that masqueraded as the 2021 National Hurling League will have ended, give or take a final that - aptly for a competition which only half-existed in the first place – may or not be held. Life will be sane again. Phew

Lar Corbett’s second goal against Kilkenny in as comparatively recently as 2010? Wouldn’t happen now

The shine of Limerick's success has worn off for the neutral and people now want to see them taken down a peg or two? Big deal. Comes with the territory.

Enda McEvoy has followed the league diligently for years, looking to unlock signs of the summer ahead

Give a limited number of clubs an unlimited quantity of dosh and eventually two of them will end up meeting in a Champions League final. Chelsea versus Manchester City in Istanbul it is, then

Ireland didn't make it to Spain '82 - but one Irishman who did go saw the beautiful game at its beautiful best

The losing of the 2019 All-Ireland semi-final was the winning of the 2020 All-Ireland

Not romantic, alas, but neither are they. It’s part of what makes Kiely’s Limerick Kiely’s Limerick.

Galway and Tipp at the business end of the championship. Got to be a one-point outcome, right?

Kilkenny, facing opponents who deployed a spare defender lost a 16-point lead in the second half against Dublin two weeks ago. Reckon they watched Limerick the following day?