Limerick GAA

The hurling year in review: O’Donnell leads the way for Clare in season sprinkled with magic

The best players, games and moments along with the biggest surprises and disappointments, as chosen by our writers

Hurling season gets a ‘grand opera of a finale’

A game full of mesmerising chaos and staggering twists in Croke Park; disappointment for Shane Lowry; and a heat check for Rhasidat Adeleke

Joe Canning: Cork deserved their win, but this Limerick team is far from finished

Limerick will win more All-Irelands as long as John Kiely and Paul Kinnerk don’t walk away

Tactical analysis: Cork’s space invaders manage to find chinks in Limerick armour

Cork’s puck-out strategy was key to their plan, while Clare’s bold man-for-man approach eventually paid off

Limerick’s forever heroes fall short of history - but they’ll be back

The Weekend that Was: Young age profile combined with rising stars should ensure that Sunday’s defeat was a mere blip

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Cork’s sheer bolshie bloody-mindedness won the day

The Rebels managed to match Limerick on vital metrics; Clare redress their history; Is the handpass now unreffable?

Ten pictures that show how Cork stopped Limerick’s bid for hurling history while creating some of their own

A look back at the images which defined the Rebel County’s upset of the All-Ireland champions who were gunning for five in a row

The Schemozzle: Trust Kilkenny to make pundits look silly

Davy Fitzgerald rumours give Galway fans something to chew on; and remembering John O’Mahony’s commitment to excellence

For Cork to bring Limerick’s five-in-a-row odyssey to an end, only an epic like this would do

John Kiely: ‘We haven’t tasted defeat very often. But any time we have, it has tasted very sour.’

Brian Hayes is the point of difference Cork needed to halt Limerick’s march

This year, everything came together for Hayes: the finishing, the ball-winning, the finesse, the confidence, the power

Cork boss Pat Ryan says job is not complete until Liam MacCarthy is back on Leeside

‘If you’re a Cork man, you have to win an All-Ireland, simple as that’

‘We have no regrets’: John Kiely says Limerick ‘left no stone unturned’ this summer

Manager says players were not burdened by the historic attempt at a five-in-a-row

Cork erupt into the big time to shatter Limerick dreams of five-in-a-row

Outsiders find their best form to outpace and outscore the four-time champions in Croke Park thriller

FT Cork 1-28 Limerick 0-29 as it happened: All-Ireland hurling semi-final

Rebels end Limerick’s quest for five in a row after entertaining semi-final at Croke Park

Rebel project paused and shaped by Limerick’s hurling lessons

Chastening days in Croke Park at Limerick’s hands have shaped Cork’s recent development

Nicky English: There was method behind the magic Cork conjured to beat Limerick

Some crucial wides cost Limerick, but this win was built on a brilliant defensive display from Cork, led by their goalkeeper Patrick Collins

All-Ireland hurling semi-final previews: Throw-in times, TV details and more

Cork desperate to reignite the spirit of Páirc Uí Chaoimh but it looks a different Limerick this time around

Nicky English: Kilkenny and Limerick still look best bets to meet in another hurling final

Clare need to make most of any period of supremacy while Cork seem to have lost Munster momentum

Darragh Fitzgibbon pleased that Rebel legend Horgan has silenced his critics

Cork’s Darragh Fitzgibbon tips his hat to the Rebels’ long-serving top scorer Pat Horgan in advance of eagerly-awaited All-Ireland semi-final against Limerick

Joe Canning: Clare are in the last-chance saloon if this team is to win an All-Ireland

I can’t see Cork catching Limerick again while it’s last chance saloon for this Clare team if they are going to win an All-Ireland

Shane Kingston and Cork braced for the toughest of Croke Park assignments

Cork beat Limerick in May and must now repeat the feat at HQ if they are to end the champions’ drive for an unprecedented five-in-a-row of All-Ireland hurling titles

Limerick and Cork’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final set for sold out Croke Park

Only tickets for Hill 16 or the Nally Terrace remain available to the public with a capacity crowd of 82,300 expected

Fenton and Cork daring to dream of an end to All-Ireland famine

Three-time All-Ireland winner John Fenton says the almost 20-year wait for an All-Ireland since 2005 has been hard to take in hurling-mad Cork

Joe Canning: Clare’s poor free-taking and lack of ruthlessness led to their defeat against Limerick

Brian Lohan’s half-back line were virtually non-existent while Limerick’s were influential in the Munster final

Seán Moran: Limerick move within two steps of history - it is inevitable to compare their progress with Dublin’s

Jim Gavin’s five-in-a-row team have similarities and differences with their would-be emulators

Tactical breakdown: Limerick control the zones, while Mullen runs the show for Kilkenny

The Munster champions obliterated Clare on long deliveries, while Dublin found themselves struggling to answer positional questions from the Cats

Five things we learned from the weekend: GAA must take responsibility for crazy scheduling of hurling matches

Limerick power on; TJ Reid closes in on magical 700 mark; how Gearoid Hegarty got his groove back; Kerry’s revenge best served very cold

Mary Hannigan: No superlatives remaining for Irish athletes in Rome

Rhasidat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean and Thomas Barr all go again after gold medal success; Limerick hurlers make more history

Tailteann Cup draw: Kildare to meet Laois at quarter-final stage

An all Ulster contest is set to take place with Fermanagh to meet Antrim while Down will host Limerick

Nicky English: Remarkable Limerick win sadly unremarkable contest to close in on All-Ireland

Impressive Limerick reach semi-finals along with Kilkenny who again left Dublin looking inept

No room for argument this time as Limerick make it six of the best

No doubting Limerick's superiority as they set a new provincial record

Limerick’s troubled past drifts further away as John Kiely’s men set the standard again

Limerick brought everything they depend on: power, efficiency, aerial dominance, baldheaded aggression

Limerick again the masters in Munster as wasteful Clare fall short

Champions looked in control of the game throughout and set new record with six provincial titles in a row

Limerick v Clare: History carved out by six in-a-row winning Limerick

Follow all the action in the Munster decider from Semple Stadium in Thurles

Tailteann Cup round-up: Laois rescue things late on as New York let chance slip

Antrim overcome London and join Limerick and Wicklow in Monday’s quarter-final draw

Limerick v Clare preview: John Kiely’s team stand on the brink of history

Banner stand between champions Limerick and a record six Munster titles in a row

Nicky English: Regardless of championship form, Limerick and Clare always provide an epic Munster final

In Leinster, Kilkenny probably have the smart money but Dublin haven’t had a better chance of beating them in the past 11 years

Limerick’s bleak long years of struggle now a distant memory

All-conquering Limerick riding the crest of a wave as they bid for a record six Munster titles in a row

Limerick team find their spark as they look to build on the momentum

Munster finalists as recently as two years ago, Limerick could yet be the surprise packet in this season’s tier two championship

Joe Canning: Clare need a fit and firing Tony Kelly to end Limerick’s Munster reign

Clare have to overcome a major psychological hurdle to take down the champions

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