Thirty-year Croke Park exile over

LIMERICK footballers may have been absent from Croke Park for 30 years, but they are the only county of the four contesting the Division One and Two Allianz National Football League finals in Croke Park tomorrow to have won an All-Ireland.

Limerick, who play Westmeath in the Division Two decider, won the All-Ireland title twice, in 1887 and 1896.

The last time the Limerick football team played in Croke Park was in a Division Two tie against Dublin in November 1973, just two months after the county won the last of their seven All-Ireland titles.