Battling Kilmallock end title wait

“IT’S not enjoyment, it’s relief!”

That was how full-forward Andrew O’Shaughnessy felt in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday afternoon after a Kilmallock team that had underachieved for years claimed their first Limerick SHC title since 1994. “This is the one we’ve wanted but we’ve always come up just short – it was worth the wait. This year we didn’t think of anything else, only winning.”

To do so they had to overcome a stubborn but limited challenge from their own divisional side, Emmets, who, having pushed Kilmallock all the way in the group stages, came with high hopes but found themselves frustrated by a massive Kilmallock defensive effort, at the heart of which was captain and man-of-the-match Gavin O’Mahony.