Anthony Daly: Wounded Limerick look like they need a rest after epic with Clare

The Banner should enjoy every bit of a famous win in the city.

Clare manager Brian Lohan celebrates with supporters after his side's victory against Limerick. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

At the final whistle in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening, I wanted to run down from my seat in the open stand, tear across the pitch and wrap Brian Lohan up in a bear-hug. I was beside myself with delight. My body was nearly trembling with elation and immense satisfaction. Yet once that immediate surge of all those emotions passed, I just casually strolled out the gate.

This was another day of days in the epic modern Clare-Limerick rivalry and relationship but, much and all as it felt like knockout – because it effectively was for Clare – it still isn’t. When we beat Limerick in the 1995 Munster final, they were gone from the championship, just as we were a year later when Limerick beat us on that eternal afternoon in June 1996.