West awake with town and country rivalry

There’s a perception abroad that the powerbase of Limerick football is towards the west.

It’s a fallacy. If anything, Limerick football was traditionally based in the city.

In 1887 Commercials won the first county championship (they then went on to win the first ever football All-Ireland title) and though they won the last of their 16 titles in 1927 and are now gone, they still top the order of merit. Next in line with 14 titles is another city side, Claughaun, and after them comes Treaty Sarsfields on 12, yet again from the city.