Limerick's William O'Donoghue shies away from ‘legends’ tag

Citing an Enda McEvoy piece in this newspaper before the final round in late May, O’Donoghue explains how they sensed opinion had changed about them during the Munster Championship

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT: Limerick’s William O'Donoghue celebrates after the game. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

There is no prompt for comparisons, merely a request to react to becoming a four-in-a-row All-Ireland champion, but William O’Donoghue’s instinct is to baulk at the historic magnitude of the achievement.

Suddenly, this great Limerick team is being listed alongside the outstanding Cork team of the 1940s and a Kilkenny side of the late 2000s that he admired as a teenager and it feels overwhelming.