Kieran Shannon: A team for the ages still coming of age, it's impossible to see Limerick stopping at four

Going nowhere: Limerick's Sean Finn and Graeme Mulcahy celebrate after Sunday's triumph. Mulcahy is the only outfield player over the age of 30. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

So ingrained is the Next Ball mindset that Kiely, Kinnerk and Currid have instilled, they seem to only concern themselves with the present before then turning their focus to the future. History is something which for now they tend to leave to the rest of us to consider, which is partly why they continue to make it. Where once their county’s story was literally Unlimited Heartbreak, now it is Unlimited Joy. Unlimited success. Because when can you see this ending? Who can you see stopping them?

In trying to contextualise the wonder that is this Limerick team, we – or rather they – invariably end up relegating some terrific teams in the pantheon, even if the brilliance itself of those sides should remain undiminished.