Anthony Daly: Clare come back fighting, but what is in Tipp's bellies

Tipp were right there with the All-Ireland champions for the first 25 minutes. Limerick were playing good stuff, but only in patches...

FIGHTING TALK: Tempers flare between Cork and Clare during the Munster SHC clash at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Pic: Ken Sutton, Inpho

THROUGHOUT last week, I was never out and about as much. Unfortunately I was at four funerals and one wedding — the opposite of the famous movie.

The funerals were sad occasions, the wedding being at the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of joy. And yet, no matter where I turned, no matter who I met, all anybody wanted to talk about was hurling, especially the Cork-Clare match.