Limerick is expecting a Sam bonanza from Saturday’s All-Ireland senior football semi-final battle between Mayo and Kerry, which will reignite in the Treaty City.

As Australian rugby still smoulders, Lions' hero Jonathan Sexton stepped into the cloistered calm of Adare’s 13th century Holy Trinity Church to marry his schooldays sweetheart, Laura Priestley.

It’s a 27 years ago but for Willie Anderson the drama experienced at Lansdowne Road on October 19, 1985 feels like yesterday.

It’s the bonanza week that helps pay the rates and keeps bank managers at bay for businesses in Listowel.