Kiely: Limerick ready to have ‘a real cut off Tipp’

It’s all quiet on the western front of Tipperary this week. The Easter break put paid to much of the pre-match banter for Abbey School principal John Kiely.

The Tipperary town secondary college serves east Limerick too but the mix leans predominantly towards those who will be shouting against his team this evening.

“The game has fallen on a good week but if it was on during school I’m sure we’d have good craic,” he smiles. “There was an element of it there before the Clare game that if we got over it there would be a game against Tipp. I think it’s a special rivalry that’s there, a long tradition and it’s a very healthy one, I must say.”