Limerick and Munster champions Na Piarsaigh reached a seventh Limerick senior final in 10 seasons with a 2-19 to 2-15 win over Kilmallock.

Na Piarsaigh hurler Ronan Lynch is a notable omission from Limerick’s championship panel.

You will have to search long and hard to locate a quote that more adequately summed up the meaning of top-level sporting success than a particular one of Mattie Kenny’s after Cuala overcame Na Piarsaigh last Saturday.

Cuala have just kept finding the answers when the hardest questions imaginable have been asked of them, writes Anthony Daly.

CUALA (Dublin) 2-17 NA PIARSAIGH (Limerick) 1-17: Cuala captain Paul Schutte reckons the south Dubliners deserve to be classed among club hurling’s greats after joining an elite group by capturing back-to-back AIB All-Ireland titles.

Kevin Downes still smiles at the memory of Sean Stack’s first night training the Na Piarsaigh hurlers in early 2009.

Corofin forward Martin Farragher is free to play in Saturday week’s All-Ireland Club SFC final after he successfully contested his red card against Moorefield at a Central Hearings Committee (CHC) meeting in Croke Park last night.

Na Piarsaigh 3-15 Ballygunner 2-10

Na Piarsaigh talisman Shane Dowling has been ruled out of their Munster club semi-final against Blackrock this Sunday.

We were impressed with how Blackrock went about their business in the semi-final victory against Na Piarsaigh.

Adrian Breen and Niall Buckley were prominent as Na Piarsaigh regained the Limerick senior hurling crown with relative ease at the Gaelic Grounds.

All eyes were on Croke Park last weekend, but away from the TV cameras we may have seen the point of the year.

The 2016 All-Ireland club champions Na Piarsaigh made their mark on round two of the group phase of the Limerick SHC with a 3-18 to 1-15 win over champions Patrickswell.

All-Ireland Club hurling champions Na Piarsaigh were again defeated in the Limerick SHC over the weekend.

Na Piarsaigh collected a first All-Ireland club hurling title today in Croke Park, the Limerick men dominating Antrim champions Cushendall from start to finish and running out comfortable winners.

In the 60s the population in Limerick’s northside was growing, and there was a sense those people would be well served by a new GAA club.

KARL McKEEGAN stands just 60 minutes away from a potentially perfect end to a 21-year senior hurling career. And as twilight settles on all those seasons in the sun and wind and rain, the former Antrim skipper is in a mood to reminisce.

He’d make a fine full back!

St. Patrick’s Day beckons for Na Piarsaigh after an extra-time epic against Oulart-The Ballagh, a crowd of 2,566 getting their money’s worth.

A storming second half meant Limerick’s Na Piarsaigh left a wintry Semple Stadium with the Munster club senior hurling title, their power too much for Ballygunner of Waterford.

Resilience has been central to the exploits of both teams in their Munster campaigns.

Erin’s Own 3-19 Na Piarsaigh 2-18: What might have appeared to be a stroll in the park for favourites Erin’s Own when they turned over at half-time with a 14 points advantage ultimately proved to be a struggle to gain their quarter-final place in the Cork SHC at Pairc Uí Rinn last evening.

Nemo Rangers 2-14 Na Piarsaigh 3-6: Na Piarsaigh are a game from possibly falling through the trapdoor of Premier Intermediate football after succumbing to city rivals, Nemo Rangers last night.

Na Piarsaigh 5-13 Youghal 0-12: Ian McDonnell scored a hat-trick of goals as Na Piarsaigh ensured that their passage to round four of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship was relatively straightforward at Cloyne on Saturday evening.

Cork SHC: Na Piarsaigh 1-22 Killeagh 2-15