Dowling: Limerick on the rise

Ten minutes in the engaging company of teenage Na Piarsaigh prodigy Shane Dowling, that’s all it takes to understand why hurling in Limerick is on the rise and why hurling in the city is going from strength to strength.

A single-syllable interviewee this guy is not – a single-sentence interviewee even, he’s most definitely not.

“It drives me mad for anyone to discuss hurling in Limerick and bring back up the recent troubles,” he said.