Whelahan likely to get the nod for Limerick job

LEGENDARY Birr boss Padjoe Whelahan is set to replace Dave Keane as manager of the Limerick senior hurling team.

The Offaly native is expected to be officially appointed at next Tuesday's county board meeting. Whelahan, who brought Birr to their fourth All-Ireland club title inside nine years with victory over Dunloy last March, is understood to have accepted the position.

Ironically, last Sunday, his side captured their fifth Offaly SHC on the trot when overcoming Ballyskenach and in doing so, equalled the record of the great St Rynagh's team of the 1970s, of which he was a member.