Could the record books be a guide to the 2021 All-Ireland Hurling Championship?

John Fogarty looks back on history for a guide to the 2021 campaign

Tipperary captain Tommy Dunne lifts the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 2001. Picture: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan

The superstitious type, of which there are enough in Tipperary, will point you towards the success of the county’s senior hurlers in years ending in the number one.

With the exception of 1981 when Limerick ended their summer after a semi-final replay, the Premier County have won the Munster SHC in the second year of every decade going back to the foot and mouth delayed final victory over All-Ireland champions, Cork, in 1941.