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Anthony Daly: Clare have plenty in the tank for another run in their home from home

Much of the discussion was framed around the matches not being on in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as if it was a location smack, bang in the middle of all four counties
Anthony Daly: Clare have plenty in the tank for another run in their home from home

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Adam Hogan of Clare before the Munster SHC final against Limerick at TUS Gaelic Grounds. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

On our Irish Examiner hurling podcast on Thursday morning, our biggest talking point on the weekend was the venue for the All-Ireland quarter-finals. We spent 30 minutes chatting about the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. You’d imagine the hurling supporters from all four counties were being asked to go to London.

Much of the discussion was framed around the matches not being on in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as if it was a location smack, bang in the middle of all four counties. Like, in the name of God, how did anyone in their right mind think that bringing supporters from north Galway down to Cork was fair? It sounded like punishment.

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