Anthony Daly: Twenty-six years is too long of a wait. Now is the hour. Clare to win

It would be easy when the real heat comes on to think that the losers could have a handier route to an All-Ireland final. That can’t entertain Clare's thought process for a second.  

NOW IS THE HOUR: Clare captain Anthony Daly salutes the fans after becoming Munster hurling champions in 1998. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Limerick have completely altered the hurling narrative but when it comes to reaching three Munster finals in-a-row, we know all about it in Clare. I certainly do anyway, in good ways and bad.

Before we played Limerick in 1995, we were facing into the prospect of becoming the first Clare team to lose three Munster final in a row. Four years later, we were seeking to become the first side from the county to win three successive titles. And both are totally different stories – good and bad.