Limerick's perfect warm-up for derby duel with Clare

Playing host to its first double-header of the spring, the Gaelic Grounds wasn’t exactly hopping on Saturday evening. Indeed, by comparison with the 8,000 or so who packed into Páirc Uí Rinn , the atmosphere at the Limerick venue was more sombre than sprightly.
Staged as the curtain-raiser to a Division 3 football clash in front of 1,902 fans, TJ Ryan’s Limerick had their fourth victory of the campaign wrapped up by the time Graeme Mulcahy became the final member of the starting front six to write his name onto the scoresheet 23 minutes in – 1-13 to 0-4 read the scoreboard.