Tom Condon: ‘Sometimes you have to go to hard places to get rewards’

Even 12 points down to Tipperary, Condon’s faith in his old comrades never wavered. Even in the bad old days, he always trusted in Limerick.

Tom Condon with his partner, Sarah Carey, and their son, Nicky. Of his time with Limerick, he says: ‘We enjoyed going out and playing the way we wanted to play and winning. You just wanted to do it the whole time. Training or games were never a chore.’ Picture: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

That retirement sits easy with Tom Condon doesn’t mean Tom Condon sits easy. Fevered and frenzied he was during last month’s Munster final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, his first as a Limerick supporter in 14 years.

The previous week he had become a father for the second time when his wife, former Limerick camogie player Sarah Carey — daughter of Ciarán and cousin of Cian Lynch — gave birth to daughter Ellie.