Cooney goal gave us daylight, says Tribes boss

Galway boss Micheál Donoghue pointed to Conor Cooney’s 56th-minute goal as the decisive score in bridging a seven-year gap to the county’s last league final appearance.

Limerick had enjoyed the better of the second-half proceedings before Cooney put six between the teams with a well-taken goal.

More pertinently, his finish all but ended Limerick’s faint hopes of catching their opponents.