Caroline Currid set to rejoin John Kiely's Limerick hurling fold for 2026

Not part of the Limerick backroom team over the past two years, Currid’s return represents a significant boost to the Treaty push to add a sixth Liam MacCarthy crown on John Kiely’s watch.

Tue, 25 Nov, 2025 - 20:41

Eoghan Cormican

Renowned sports psychologist Caroline Currid is set to rejoin the Limerick hurling fold for the 2026 season.

Not part of the Limerick backroom team over the past two years, Currid’s return represents a significant boost to the Treaty push to add a sixth Liam MacCarthy crown on John Kiely’s watch.

Involved for the 2018 breakthrough and again for the four-in-a-row at the beginning of this decade, Currid was absent the three times Limerick were unsuccessful in their All-Ireland bids, in 2019, ‘24 and ‘25.

Frequently namechecked by players and management for her influential role in the squad during the successful campaigns she was present for, former Limerick strength and conditioning coach Cairbre Ó Cairealláin once described Currid as “irreplaceable” and “the best in the business”.

Following confirmation in late 2023 that she would not be part of Limerick's ultimately failed five-in-a-row bid, half-forward Gearóid Hegarty said of Currid that “she is a massive loss, she has been so integral to our team over the last few years” and “we wouldn't be where we are today without her".

Currid has a remarkable record, having been involved with All-Ireland football-winning sides in Tyrone and Dublin, as well as the Tipperary hurlers when they claimed Liam MacCarthy.

Over the summer just gone, Paul O’Connell brought Currid onto his Ireland coaching staff for their summer mini-tour against Georgia and Portugal.

Her most recent imprint was felt in the dressing-room of Galway football champions Moycullen.

Manager Cathal Clancy called her “absolutely class”.

“For me personally, I got a lot of background help from her. For the team as well, Caroline is not involved in teams at the moment, so it was not as though she was there the whole time, but she had a light touch impact on the background.

“Small in quantity, huge in quality and impact.”

Elsewhere, five-time All-Ireland winning Treaty forward Séamus Flanagan, who is not part of Kiely’s Limerick plans next year, has moved quickly on from the inter-county scene as it emerged yesterday that he is to manage Tipperary Premier Intermediate side Boherlahan/Dualla in 2026.

The 28-year-old, in what represents his first foray onto the sideline, will serve as manager/coach of a Boherlahan/Dualla side that reached this year’s county semi-final.