Liam Sheedy: Fired-up Green Machine can turn the tables

I was surprised by what unfolded after the round-robin meeting. I watched on as Clare stayed out on the field for 40 minutes.

Cathal Malone of Clare in action against Tom Morrissey, left, and Peter Casey of Limerick during the Munster SHC Round 2 match between at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

TIME was you had space to properly treasure a provincial final win. We won back-to-back Munster titles in 2008 and 2009 and the latter was extra special in a Thurles final and it being the 125-year anniversary of the association.

I remember Lar Corbett coming up to me after, enquiring if himself and the Thurles contingent could walk down to the Park Avenue and pop in to Larry Mackey’s to mark the occasion. And that they did. You had a big gap to the All-Ireland semis so celebration was part and parcel. It’s a drawback of the current timelines that you barely get a chance to acknowledge your achievements.