Treaty veteran McCarthy moving on up and savouring new pastures

Former Limerick defender now leads the line and, finally injury-free, is relishing quarter-final showdown with Waterford 

No holding back: Lorraine McCarthy of Limerick takes on Waterford’s Beth Carton in 2016. The sides meet again this weekend. Pic: INPHO/Tommy Grealy

The buzz in Limerick is centred almost entirely around the hurlers ahead of their All-Ireland final this week, but not exclusively so. Indeed there has been tangential interest in the other Gaelic games codes and the camogs have felt that too.

Caoimhe Costelloe has garnered most of the headlines, establishing herself as the competition’s leading scorer while helping to propel the Treaty County’s camogs tomorrow’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland quarter-final against Waterford at FBD Semple Stadium (3.15pm – LIVE RTÉ 2).