Mark Landers: Four teams can stop the Limerick four in a row

BRINGING IT HOME: Limerick captain Declan Hannon leaves Heuston Station with the Liam MacCarthy cup

Is there any end in sight to Limerick’s dominance of hurling? Three All-Ireland titles in a row, four from five, are we into the territory of Dublin’s hegemony of the Gaelic football championship?

Or as Anthony Daly put it on his All-Ireland Final review podcast: “Is it a bit scary that Cian Lynch will probably be in the full of his health next year? Peter Casey probably will. Cathal O’Neill will be a year older. Colin Coughlan. People forget they were just beaten by a point by Kilkenny in the U20 final, could have gone either way. The average age is around 26. Is it a bit scary?”