Carr hails Limerick upsurge
The first was in 1936 when North Mon beat Coláiste na Mumhan of Mallow 4-3 to 2-6 and the last was in 1994 when the famed Mon was again triumphant, this time against Midleton CBS, 1-9 to 0-4.
In fact of those eight previous occasions the famed northside Cork city school were involved on five occasions and won each one. Other same-county derbies saw St Finbarr’s (Cork) beat Coláiste Chríost Rí (1969), while the other two occasions involved Clare schools when Rice College beat their more renowned Ennis schoolmates St Flannan’s in 1962, and Flannan’s themselves then overcame newcomers Shannon Comprehensive in 1989 (0-9 to 0-5). Which brings us to today, the Gaelic Grounds, and recent Limerick city powerhouse Árdscoil Rís against Scoil Na Troinóide Naofa from Doon. With Limerick minors paving the way in Munster for their senior counterparts last year and being unlucky in their All-Ireland semi-final loss to Galway when a perfectly good point was disallowed by Hawk-Eye, is it a sign of the upsurge in underage hurling in the county?
