Mary Hannigan: David Clifford and James McCarthy among the best ever

Reaction to Ireland’s World Cup defeat and Aine O’Gorman’s 119th cap, looking ahead to the National Championships in Santry

Joe Canning: Cian Lynch the key figure as Limerick reserve their best for the biggest day again

Champions’ conversion rate was incredible on a day when Kilkenny, just like Galway in the semi-final, were eventually overwhelmed

Mary Hannigan: There’ll be no throwing caution to the wind in Perth

The build up continues for Sunday’s All-Ireland final, as Shane Lowry slips down the Ryder Cup qualifying rankings

‘This crowd have rewritten Limerick GAA history forever’ - Damien Quigley

Former All-Ireland hurler and selector on how the current team have helped to exorcise the past

Over one million viewers watch Limerick’s four in a row All-Ireland hurling final triumph

Average of 830,000 on RTÉ2 was the highest audience since 2019

This Limerick team are not the same as Kilkenny’s four-in-a-row side - and look set to win more

Comparing the teams is tricky, and the most pertinent fact is Limerick aren’t finished yet

Hurling 2023 season review: Hurler of the Year, Game of the Year, highs and lows

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Mary Hannigan: It doesn’t get much better than this if you’re from Limerick

All-Ireland hurling final reaction, the latest from the Women’s World Cup and a Roy Keane anniversary

Cian Lynch made key interventions in All-Ireland final at a time when Limerick looked like pastiche of themselves

‘Looking in from the outside people might think we’re a team. We’re a family’

Nicky English: Main players deliver as Limerick rise to the occasion, leaving Kilkenny trailing in their wake

The champions have mastered the ability of giving their best displays in All-Ireland finals

TV View: Limerick ‘float like a buffalo, sting like a bee’ in historic win

‘What a performance from all of them ... they stampeded the Cats’

History-makers Limerick complete the four-in-a-row with dominant win over Kilkenny

John Kiely’s side put on a phenomenal second-half display to turn a nicely-poised final into a nine-point beating

Limerick supremo John Kiely lauds team’s ‘phenomenal second half’ against Kilkenny

Game will be largely remembered for Limerick’s incredible display after the break where ‘we dominated’

Another 30 points in a final as rampant Limerick have only history to play against now

For the fourth All-Ireland final in a row, they’ve put up 30 points - only the greatest Kilkenny team had ever so much as done it once before

‘When they get a run on you, they’re very, very difficult to stop’: Derek Lyng on Kilkenny’s defeat to Limerick

There may be some consolation for manager in that Brian Cody also lost his first All-Ireland as Kilkenny boss

All-Ireland hurling final: Awesome second half leaves Limerick top of the world

The champions ruthlessly suppressed Kilkenny to equal the four-in-a-row record

Limerick v Kilkenny: Five key moments from winning the toss to the third quarter push

Limerick 0-30 Kilkenny 2-15: The key moments which decided Limerick’s All-Ireland hurling final win

Limerick player ratings: Byrnes, Hayes, Lynch and Casey lead the way to four-in-a-row

Leaders show the way as John Kiely’s team secure 0-30 to 2-15 All-Ireland hurling final win over Kilkenny

Kilkenny player ratings v Limerick: Tom Phelan defies his relative inexperience

Not quite vintage TJ Reid for the Cats as they were well beaten in the second half by a dominant Limerick

All-Ireland hurling final: Limerick beat Kilkenny 0-30 to 2-15 as John Kiely’s team secure four-in-a-row

Limerick produce second half masterclass to win All-Ireland hurling final, look back on the action as it happened with Eamon Donoghue

‘You have to enjoy all of the days like this’: Limerick and Kilkenny fans relish Croke Park spectacle

Supporters turned out in their droves despite the bad weather to watch Limerick win their fourth consecutive Liam MacCarthy Cup

All-Ireland Hurling Final: By the numbers

Hegarty aiming to complete an amazing scoring sequence for the fourth year in a row

Nicky English: Power to beat precision as Limerick strike out for history

Kilkenny’s greater shooting efficiency may struggle for a platform against the champions’ middle third

LeBron and Limerick remind us that greatness is to be revelled in while we still have the chance

We don’t talk about John Kiely’s side the way we did about Kilkenny and Dublin in the recent past

All-Ireland hurling final: Controlled Limerick can exert enough pressure on Kilkenny to make history

Buoyant Kilkenny will exploit any mistakes but the champions didn’t become so hard to beat by being error prone

The men who kept the flame of Limerick hurling alive

The Limerick hurlers of 1973 bridged a long gap when they won the All-Ireland and they ensured hurling’s pulse stayed strong in the county despite the following frustrating decades

Eoin Murphy and Nickie Quaid: The two best goalkeepers in hurling face off in a final for the ages

Eoin Murphy and Nickie Quaid have followed similar career paths and will be crucial to the outcome this weekend

All-Ireland hurling final: When Kilkenny look at Limerick they see a flattering resemblance

Kilkenny invented the dynamic for much of what Limerick pride themselves on

I’d have loved to have played in a game like we are going to see on Sunday’ - Neil McManus

Retired Antrim colossus content in getting best from himself and in pride of representing his county

Joe Canning on the Limerick team: Profiles of the 15 men bidding for another All-Ireland win

All-Ireland hurling final preview: The men who stand on the cusp of history as they bid to complete a four-in-a-row

Nicky English on the Kilkenny team: Profiles of the 15 men who stand in Limerick’s way

All-Ireland hurling final preview: Derek Lyng’s team is a compelling mix of pure talent and battle-hardened experience

Mary Hannigan: Feeling of what if hanging in the air after World Cup debut defeat

Joe Canning on Limerick’s claim to being the greatest team ever; Rory McIlory pulls off a feat of escapology

Former GAA president Nickey Brennan gives seal of approval to life as a roving reporter

He has five All-Ireland medals and was president from 2006 to 2009, but these days Brennan is enjoying life in the press box

Joe Canning: Kilkenny are better than last year - but Limerick may be the greatest of all time

Limerick’s win in this year’s League final will have no bearing on Sunday’s All-Ireland final

Tom Morrissey steps up to lead his generation from the front

The former under-21 All-Ireland-winning captain has learned from the past to navigate the future

Spirits high among Cats fans as they await end to long drought

With the Brian Cody era now only a memory, manager Derek Lyng is hoping to emulate the legend he served under for many years

Limerick at fever pitch as hurling heroes bid for famous four-in-a-row

Last six years has proved ‘the stuff of dreams’ for fans as Treaty men have already delivered unprecedented success

Ever-sharp Aaron Gillane still the point of Limerick’s attack

Prolific scorer on course to become another Hurler of the Year from Patrickswell

Conor Fogarty making a smashing name for himself all over again

At age 33 the midfielder is enjoying another vintage season with Kilkenny

All-Ireland hurling final countdown: Limerick’s first star; playing it again; TJ Reid on course for top scorer

When Limerick and Kilkenny met in the 1897 All-Ireland final, Seán Óg Hanley was included among the great players for the ‘name and fame of his prowess’

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