Ah’boy da kids — this time Limerick believe

When first asked to write a column for this paper, the esteemed sports editor gave me three guidelines: Write clearly; be informative; and stay impartial, writes Jack Anderson 

Ah’boy da kids — this time Limerick believe

Having failed miserably with the first two, I am now going to break the third. This is because I am from Limerick, or more specifically from its hurling heartland on (the right side of) the county’s border with Tipp.

It is difficult to describe what it means to have Limerick in a hurling All-Ireland. Of course, it has happened before in my lifetime; most recently in 2007 but also in defeat in 1996, 1994, 1980 and in the year I was born, 1974.

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