Kearns: This was always my last year

The curtains came down on Liam Kearns' six-year reign as manager of the Limerick footballers in Castlebar yesterday, as the Shannonsiders bowed out of the All-Ireland qualifiers to determined Derry.

The curtains came down on Liam Kearns' six-year reign as manager of the Limerick footballers in Castlebar yesterday, as the Shannonsiders bowed out of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Having trailed 0-4 to 0-6 at the break, Limerick managed to get back level by the 57th-minute before the Bradley brothers, Paddy and Eoin, struck four unanswered points for a 0-13 to 0-9 Derry win.