Darragh O'Donovan: 'Everyone said we were dead and buried'

'Everyone said we were gone like, everyone said we were done and buried,' remarked the midfielder. 'There was a lot of things said about us'

DELIGHTED: Darragh O'Donovan of Limerick celebrates after the Munster SHC final win over Clare at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Reports of Limerick’s demise have been proven premature but Darragh O’Donovan always felt the team’s doomsayers were exaggerating.

From initially being subjects of “a softening-up exercise” at the outset of the championship, O’Donovan felt a closer inspection of Limerick’s performances would have demonstrated they weren’t as bad as they were being made out to be.