Reigning Hurler of the Year Cian Lynch has admitted he was ‘distraught’ following the incorrect decision not to award Limerick a late ‘65 in their defeat to Kilkenny.

The GAA’s newly-appointed national match officials manager is open to the idea of more technology being used to assist referees, but has questioned just how far it can go.

Watching both teams warming up, I zeroed in on the goalkeepers.

One cannot but be struck by hurling’s ability to evoke a reversal of fortunes, not to mention opinions.

The colour starts south of the border.

Limerick manager John Allen redirected any post-match praise for himself onto his players as they celebrated ending the county's 17-year Munster hurling famine.

Shane Dowling grew up “dreaming of a day like this”.

Versatile Limerick hurler Brian Geary has decided to call time on his inter-county career, it has been confirmed.

A fully-fit Declan Hannon has been drafted into the Limerick team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against defending champions Kilkenny.

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín will make his first championship start in almost two years on Sunday as Jimmy-Barry Murphy hands out yet another first SHC start in the form of Daniel Kearney.

It’s less than five years since Limerick last met Kilkenny in a championship game, the All-Ireland final of 2007.

There wasn’t a happier man in Semple Stadium on Saturday evening than Limerick manager John Allen.

Given all the bad weather this week, I wonder are there a few nervous people in the GAA today about the three games in Thurles?

Kilmallock's Paudie O'Brien returns at midfield for Limerick's All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier against Clare tomorrow night.

Evergreen 39-year-old Tony Browne is one of Michael Ryan’s three changes to the Waterford team for Sunday’s Munster final.

Following their heavy defeat by All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Allianz Hurling League final, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes to the starting 15 for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary.

Championship debutants Conor Allis and Shane Dowling have been named in the half-forward line for Limerick's Munster SHC quarter-final against Tipperary.

“A good competitive workout,” was how opposing managers John Allen and Ollie Baker described last night’s senior hurling challenge to commemorate the Pallasgreen club’s 125th anniversary where Limerick built up enough of an advantage by the three-quarter mark to withstand Offaly’s late challenge.

It has taken two games, but with this win at floodlit Gaelic Grounds last night, Clare finally booked their berth in the Waterford Crystal SH Tournament semi-final, and an early competitive meeting on Sunday for manager Davy Fitzgerald against his old team, Waterford.

UNLIKE the Division One final, there are no medals for history-makers but this Dublin team yesterday didn’t need them to realise they have become pioneers of the game in the capital.

CONSIDERING the past couple of days, never mind yesterday’s achievement, it was understandable Anthony Daly was a little emotional afterwards.

Paul Browne and Graeme Mulcahy have been drafted back into the Limerick team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Dublin in Thurles (throw-in 2pm).

LIMERICK took another small step on their road to redemption when they hammered 14-man Antrim by 19 points at Parnell Park last Saturday night to book an All-Ireland quarter-final date with Dublin.

Antrim 0-12 Limerick 3-22

Dual player Mark O'Riordan and recent debutant Richie McCarthy will start for Limerick against Antrim in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier at Parnell Park (throw-in 7pm).

Dual star Stephen Lucey is expected to return to action for Limerick on Saturday. But it will not be known for a few days whether he lines out for the footballers against Offaly in Limerick at 2pm or the hurlers against Antrim at Parnell Park at 7pm.

THE statue in O’Connell Street may be only a matter of time if the enthusiasm on Saturday evening is any indication.

Teenager Declan Hannon will make his Championship debut for Limerick in Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Wexford at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 5pm).

HEARTBREAK for Limerick at the end of this magnificent Munster senior hurling championship yesterday, denied by that most cruel of strikes, the late, late goal, but Waterford, Waterford — what a display of true grit and character to dig out a win from a game that looked lost.

A FEW weeks ago we had the US president here, Barack Obama, and he left us with a new catch-cry — Is Féidir Linn.

Limerick 3-14 Waterford 3-15

Managers Davy Fitzgerald and Donal O'Grady have confirmed their starting line-ups for Sunday's Munster SHC semi-final between Waterford and Limerick at Semple Stadium (throw-in 4pm).

GALWAY concluded their championship preparations when a late goal from substitute Eanna Ryan sealed a six-point win at Athenry on Saturday in a game which was played over three 25-minute periods.

LIMERICK selector Ciarán Carey insists the team are “very much a work-in-progress” as they prepare for a Munster senior hurling championship date with Waterford next month.

Limerick 1-18 Laois 0-16

IT’S a subject that was first raised by our own hurling expert, Tony Considine, last year, when he questioned the practicality of hurling under lights.

Limerick 1-20 Westmeath 0-15

GAVIN O’MAHONY is set to captain the Limerick senior hurlers this season.

DR Crokes midfielder Ambrose O’Donovan has been ruled out of next Sunday’s Munster Club SFC quarter-final against Limerick champions Monaleen after sustaining a back injury in a car crash last Friday night.

A TALE of two halves in Newcastle West yesterday as Monaleen claimed their fourth Limerick SFC title at the expense of an Adare side bidding for their first.

IT’S make your mind up time in Limerick hurling, says former player Brian Geary, breaking his silence on the crisis that has split the county for the past five months.