Clare's 26-year wait for Munster title 'inconceivable' to Ger Hegarty

Thirty years ago, Clare were the opposition Limerick vanquished to end 13 years without a Munster title.

4 September 1994; Ger Hegarty of Limerick during the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final match between Limerick and Offaly at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

On one hand, Ger Hegarty can count the number of times he faced Clare in championship in 13 years. If not later this year than next season which will mark his 10th, his son Gearóid will be requiring a third.

Hegarty senior’s starting championship debut in 1986 came against the neighbours and didn’t last a half. It was another four years before he saw them in Munster again. “Now it’s guaranteed every year,” he reports not with regret but relish.