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

THESE are interesting times in the O’Brien household in Bruree.

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.