May 20th

"Devastating. That is the worst possible way to go out of a championship."

- Dublin manager Kevin Fennelly after a late Laois goal killed off his side's challenge.

May 27th

"I've given nine years to it and our term's up. As far as I'm concerned, I've given everything I can give."

- Cork manager Tom Cashman steps down after their surprise defeat to Limerick.

June 3rd

"I thought some of the referee's decision were scandalous, very poor. He punished us severely.

Defences were so much on top and a few calls like that..."

- Clare manager Cyril Lyons gives Dickie Murphy the lash after his side's one-point defeat by Tipperary.

June 10th

Where to now for Limerick?

"We're on a journey ... out to the Newcastewest golf club tomorrow."

- Ciaran Carey after Limerick's stirring comeback performance against Waterford.

"That's the best Kilkenny team I've seen. I don't think anyone else has a chance."

- Offaly manager Michael Bond after Kilkenny's 12-point demolition of his team. July 1st

"We did things out there today that we haven't been doing. Things that come down to heart and hunger and experience."

- Tipperary manager Nicky English after their two-point Munster final win over Limerick.

July 8th

"It was like trying to open a big hard nut shell with your teeth - very hard to crack it."

- Wexford's Larry O'Gorman after his side's 13-point Leinster final defeat by Kilkenny.

July 29th

"They said we might as well be at home playing bingo, well there'll be no bingo in Wexford for a while."

- Larry O again after Wexford's surprise quarter-final success over Limerick.

August 12th

"I didn't know how much I missed it until I went out there today."

- Martin Storey enjoys his second-half cameo as Wexford reel in Tipperary in the semi-final and earn a second chance.

August 19th

"The bubble was going to burst some time and today it happened." - Kilkenny's John Power reflects on their semi-final defeat by Galway.