John Fogarty: In their great present, Limerick won’t forget past heartbreaks

“His actual words were: ‘Would yourself and JP (McManus) turn things around for Limerick senior hurling? I wanna see Limerick win an All-Ireland before I die’.”

NO WAY PAST: Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid makes a flying save to deny Waterford a goal in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final at Croke Park. While his cousin Joe was twice a Celtic Cross on All-Ireland final day, Nickie now has two of them. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

“Like a knife through the heart.”

Words you might expect to hear from a Waterford man this week.