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

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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

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