Limerick have got their just reward, says Barrett

Even Daniel O’Connell was celebrating on Friday night when a Mervue United winner sent Limerick FC back to the Premier Division for the first time since 1994.

The O’Connell monument at the Crescent in Limerick City centre bore a scarf and a cape celebrating the Super Blues triumph on Friday night, and it was still keeping the famous nationalist warm against the October rain and wind on Sunday evening, as the victory was still only setting in.

It’s a moment the club’s head of youth development, Tommy Barrett has been waiting to see for a long time. Barrett, a former Limerick player and FAI Development Officer who rejoined the club after retiring from playing in July, says promotion is a just reward for the years of disappointment Limerick fans have endured in the past 20 years.