Enda McEvoy: Greatness. Immortality. And still breaking new ground
On the evidence of the past fortnight the pack is farther back than it was a year ago. Limerick's greatness was already undoubted. Now their immortality is assured
TWO SIDES: Kilkenny’s TJ Reid leaves the field dejected as Limerick manager John Kiely celebrates with the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Fifty years ago at Croke Park it lashed rain and Limerick won a famous All-Ireland, their first for 33 years and one that would be spoken about for decades to come.
Not exclusively for the right reasons, mind. It was also their last for 45 years and in time people couldn’t stop harking back to it and harping on about it and eventually it all became boring and tiresome.
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