Limerick won’t be overawed by Déise challenge, insists O’Brien

THESE are interesting times in the O’Brien household in Bruree.
Limerick won’t be overawed by Déise challenge, insists O’Brien

Thirty four years ago, 1973, Jim was corner-back on the last Limerick team to win the All-Ireland title; this Sunday, and provided he is picked to start, his son James will captain Limerick in the Munster senior hurling final in Thurles, against Waterford.

They’d be a quiet enough family, the O’Briens; big and hardy men, (father and son both well over six foot, wide and raw-boned) well able to look after their own corner, but not much given to boastfulness.

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