Limerick GAA mourns passing of legend ‘Ned’ Rea

Éamonn ‘Ned’ Rea, former Limerick hurler and All-Ireland winner, poses for a portrait at the Halfway House in Walkinstown, Dublin, in 2018. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Limerick’s 1973 All-Ireland SHC winner Eamonn “Ned” Rea died in Dublin on Monday afternoon following a short illness.

Full-forward in the team that beat Kilkenny in the final 48 years ago, the Effin man also claimed two Munster titles and won three Dublin senior hurling club titles with Faughs whom he joined in 1969, a year after he moved to the capital.