Enda McEvoy: How long can Limerick last at the top of the mountain?

Because most of John Kiely’s troops are in the sweet spot agewise, may they – a jarring thought for the pack – get even better before the onset of rust?

Declan Hannon of Limerick lifts the Liam MacCarthy Cup after the All-Ireland SHC final win over Cork at Croke Park. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Interesting question posited by an Examiner reader. “Will the morning of December 9th 2021,” he muses, “prove to be Limerick’s high-water mark?”

All-Ireland champions for the third time in four years. Munster champions for the third time in three. A record-shattering 3-32 in the All-Ireland final, a tally that could have been greater still had they been minded. A record-shattering 12 All-Stars, a tally that was a short head off being 13 All-Stars and that would have generated little outrage had it been 14. But from Olympus’s peak there beckons only one direction.