Christy O'Connor Talking Points: Clare hoping to borrow from history in Cork opener

What can Leitrim realistically expect? Beggan, Duffy and Hughes hoping for an extremely rare double and Wexford looking to home comforts.

READY TO GO: In attendance at the launch of Bord Gáis Energy’s continued sponsorship of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is Bord Gáis Energy ambassador and hurling star Shane O’Donnell with Logan Clifford Hegarty, aged 6, at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile.

All-Ireland champions hoping to borrow from history

In Limerick’s rich and glorious modern history, the 2019 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny represented a defining moment in shaping their future dominance, similar to the way in which Kilkenny’s 2001 All-Ireland semi-final loss to Galway steered Brian Cody and his players on a crusade of supremacy and superiority.