Éamonn Grimes: Galway battle the best preparation for Limerick

Limerick's 1973 winning captain Grimes feels the 'wake-up call' Limerick were given by Galway in Sunday's semi-final was 'the best thing that could have happened' to John Kiely’s charges

PREPARED: Limerick’s manager John Kiely. Pic: ©INPHO/Evan Treacy

The “wake-up call” Limerick were given by Galway in Sunday’s gut-check All-Ireland semi-final was “the best thing that could have happened” to John Kiely’s charges.

That’s according to Limerick’s 1973 All-Ireland winning captain Éamonn Grimes, who said the stiff examination provided by Henry Shefflin’s Galway was the most perfect All-Ireland final preparation Limerick could have got.