Doon's Adam English: 'We weren't coming out of here without a win'

Doon claimed a first ever Limerick senior hurling title with a superb defeat of Na Piarsaigh’s.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024 - 16:12

Brendan O'Brien

Everyone knew their recent history. How Doon had tilted at windmills in Limerick for most of the past decade. This was their eighth straight year in a county senior hurling semi-final. Their third decider since 2018, all of them against Na Piarsaigh.

But there was a pain and want rooted deeper than all that. In the final defeats back in 1989 and 2000. When captain Darragh O’Donovan lifted the cup above his head deep and deep into the Sunday evening gloom he referenced the club’s founding in 1888.