Croker curse returns to haunt Limerick

Limerick’s double setback at Croke Park last Sunday rendered further ammunition to a theory supported by many on Shannonside, that national headquarters has a jinx on their teams.

Much of the pre-match publicity centred on the fact that Limerick had strong claims to a first All-Ireland senior hurling since 1973, especially with big hitters Kilkenny and Tipperary out of the way.

More to the point, it would have been their second in 73 years, their previous victory again recorded as far back as 1940, a statistic, which hardly merits “‘strong hurling power” status.