Seamus Horgan (24, 5’11’’, 11-7 Tournafulla): “Like a lot of goalkeepers Seamus was also a very good outfield player but ended up in goals because he could be a bit wild out there!

The end came with a telephone conversation on Friday evening.

Munster chairman Seán Walsh has welcomed the Hurling Development Committee’s (HDC) proposals to retain the province’s senior championship in its current guise.

Pat Hartigan: Played minor for Limerick when he was just 15 years of age. Hartigan was part of the Limerick side of 1973 — the last from the county to claim the All-Ireland title.

He returned ‘home’ expecting to attend a retirement party for his brother Liam, but former Cork dual star supreme Brian Murphy was the centre of attention at the Nemo Rangers complex on Saturday night where he was honoured for his remarkable sporting achievements.

A TRANSFORMATION bordering on the miraculous by South Liberties in the second half of an exciting Munster Club IHC final at the Mallow GAA complex yesterday powered them past Cork champions Douglas.

TOMORROW’S Munster IHC Club final in Mallow pits two teams, Douglas and South Liberties, coming against each other from two different backgrounds.

When it comes to hurling, tears, near misses and misfortune have become a way of life for Limerick — a tragic story now chronicled in a new book, writes Michael Moynihan.

THE JP McManus Scholarship Awards went international last night with two of the eight recipients having been born in Poland and Togo.

THE hurlers and footballers chosen on the very first All-Star teams 35 years ago will be honoured at a function in Croke Park today, hosted by the GAA and Vodafone.

LIMERICK manager Richie Bennis believes his side learned valuable lessons from their epic battle with All-Ireland SHC champions Cork in Semple Stadium.

GAA bosses accept that Munster’s Heineken Cup success has obvious implications for the promotion of hurling and football in the province and specifically in Limerick.

HE donated over €5 million to Limerick’s Mid-Western Hospital - but when JP McManus called to see a patient, security guards turned him away as it was after visiting hours.

EVEN when you’re on the bread line, it’s worth remembering that there’s somebody, somewhere, worse off than you are.

IT’S thirty-two years since Limerick won a hurling All-Ireland. Another title would be like the Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Two Mile Chase all rolled into one for their most benevolent supporter, JP McManus.

WITH JP McManus’ gift of €5m easing the financial pressures, the Limerick County Board are now asked to tackle what is claimed to be an alarming decline in the standard of hurling within the county.

Limerick GAA is celebrating a €5m Gaelic Grounds gift from JP McManus today.

LIMERICK footballers may have been absent from Croke Park for 30 years, but they are the only county of the four contesting the Division One and Two Allianz National Football League finals in Croke Park tomorrow to have won an All-Ireland.