How Mary I developed into a hurling force

Times weren’t always this good for the hurlers of Mary I.

Backboned by such household names as Declan Hannon, Cian Lynch, Niall O’Meara, and Colm Galvin, Limerick’s teacher-training college is making its second appearance at the Fitzgibbon Cup finals weekend just four years after joining the top table.

Manager Eamonn Cregan has overseen the college’s hurling team for the past 23 years and remembers afternoons where they simply could not buy a result against the likes of Athlone RTC, IT Sligo, RTC Tralee, and Cork Colleges of Further Education.