Away to Limerick: a hard day’s night

AWAY to Limerick. Not the words you wanted to hear when the draws for the provincial championship were made.

Not that it filled you with trepidation but they weren’t exactly glamour ties. Even with a win secured, you seldom reflected that “away to Limerick” was something you looked forward to. Forever dogged, and defensively-minded.

Limerick have proved a very tricky proposition for Cork in more recent times. Conventional wisdom dictated that Limerick-Cork was double-digit win territory, so when they proved narrow — occasionally lucky — victories for Cork, the critics never took long to start crowing.