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Toast of the town...and county: Limerick's Adam English celebrates at the final whistle with teammates. Pic: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Five minutes after the final whistle, as the Limerick players gathered in a scrum just in front of the Mackey Stand, a small Limerick crowd gathered around them, not in delirium or any visible sense of ecstasy but almost out of duty and protocol.

Some of the players were besieged by autograph hunters, family and friends but a sizeable portion of the squad were just casually shooting the breeze, inhaling the deep sense of satisfaction from another job well done than unleashing any outward explosion of emotion.