Limerick bounce back to demolish hollow Waterford

All-Ireland champions won as they pleased in a one-sided second half at Walsh Park

Counties must absorb the lessons of 2018 to prosper

Teams who’d to play their four matches back to back had a desperate record

Aaron Gillane’s winning routine: positive attitude and breakfast

The Limerick hurler’s mother will cook bacon and eggs on Allianz League final day

Pat Horgan helps Cork put a halt to Limerick’s gallivanting

Rebel forward hits 1-9 as misfiring Limerick hit 17 wides in loss at Gaelic Grounds

Limerick take gold in main event to build on last year’s success

Convincing away win over league holders Kilkenny a good sign for All-Ireland champions

Limerick blitz Kilkenny to make a champion statement

Scoring blitz before half-time the difference, as John Kiely’s team maintain perfect start

National Hurling League: Division 1A county-by-county guide

Clare will have big ambitions this year while Wexford could spring a surprise

Munster SHC: Ballygunner’s crusade reaches promised land

Waterford champions concede 1-1 from play as they beat Na Piarsaigh to Munster title

Munster SHC: Na Piarsaigh shoot the lights out to make final

Clonoulty/Rossmore face a scoring storm at the Gaelic Grounds

Micheál Donoghue and Galway left searching for answers

Losing manager says his team were ‘below par’ against ‘deserving winners’ Limerick

Limerick hold on to dethrone Galway and end 45 years of hurt

John Kiely’s heroes do just enough to see off Tribesmen and seal a historic, deserved win

Limerick, hurling’s forgotten county blazes back into glory

Shrewd guidance of John Kiely ensured this young team shook off baggage of the past

History beckons for Limerick despite audacious Galway finale

Had Galway completed great escape it would have been an injustice to new champions

Nicky English: Deserving champions make history with plenty to build on in the future

Limerick had to show resilience to survive Galway's late show but they've been doing that all year

Tension, pride and ecstasy in Limerick as hurlers break 45-year spell

‘I really think Monday should be a bank holiday in Limerick’

Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18: How the Limerick players rated

Gavin Cummiskey runs the rule over John Kiely’s side after their All-Ireland win

Limerick shutting it all down so that hype and history rhyme

The county has got carried away in the past and is paranoid about doing it again

Jackie Tyrrell: Limerick and Galway must drill down deep

The final is won on the pitch but off it there’s tactical plans to be finely-honed this week

Hope not hype as Limerick limber up for All-Ireland final

Manager John Kiely intends to keep his players focused over the next three weeks

Nicky English: Limerick crown a great weekend for hurling

John Kiely’s team proved amazingly resilient again when the match was in the balance

Dramatic weekend sums up this crazy year of hurling

Two epic semi-finals see Cork crash out as Galway and Clare prepare for a replay

Limerick move quickly to dampen the hype

John Kiely and Shane Dowling plead for space to allow players focus on final task

Limerick edge Cork in 78-point epic to reach All-Ireland final

John Kiely’s side reel in their great rivals and roar clear in extra-time in Croke Park rain

Kiely’s quiet revolution leads Limerick back to the top table

A promise made after a hiding from Tipperary in 2009 is coming to fruition

Limerick march on history in breathless finale

County fight back from late goal to record first championship win over Kilkenny since 1973

Nicky English: Confident Clare have stepped up a gear

Sluggish Limerick’s momentum stalled as third game in a row perhaps took its toll

Tipperary and Waterford suffer short-summer syndrome as round-robin bites

Two of last year’s All-Ireland semi-finalists bow out of championship in early June

Limerick continue their rise to beat Waterford by 13 points

The Déise's season is over after this heavy round-robin defeat at the Gaelic Grounds

Cuala hold off Na Piarsaigh in replay to retain All-Ireland crown

Defending champions give heroic display of determination to secure back-to-back titles

Equal disappointment and relief for Cuala and Na Piarsaigh

‘When you’re playing in an All-Ireland final, you’re expecting a result, one way or the other’

Hurling moves centre-stage with historic club final

This will be the first time that champions of the previous two years contest an All-Ireland final

Stubborn Slaughtneil fall short against 13 man Na Piarsaigh

Ronan Lynch scored 0-14 as Limerick champions came back from half time deficit

Weekend club Gaelic Games previews

The Munster hurling final tops the bill while there are two hurling semi-finals in Leinster

Big guns reload as club championships heat up

Munster club hurling semi-finals and three Leinster quarter-finals down for decision

Ballygunner hope that it's their turn for better provincial fortunes

Waterford champions have been trying to turn county dominance into Munster success

Brian Cody confident Kilkenny will move through the gears

Limerick fearless but wasteful and naive in encounter Cody calls ‘hell for leather’

Limerick stretch Kilkenny all the way in frantic qualifier

Brian Cody’s side were lucky that the visitors were so off target at Nowlan Park

Resurgent Banner back in business

Shane O’Donnell hits 2-2 as Clare book place in Munster final for first time since 2008

Clare keep Limerick at arm’s length to book Munster final spot

Shane O’Donnell grabs two goals as Banner back in final for first time since 2008

Lively Galway keep Limerick in check to book final date

Tribesmen run out 10-point winners at the Gaelic Grounds

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