22. They can talk about Lansdowne, Ravenhill and the RDS all they want but you know there’s only one home of Irish rugby
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21. You know if there was a GAA transfer market, every county would want to buy John Galvin
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20. You know that the students of the county become dedicated race-goers every April at Greenmount Park
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19. You remember when the biggest Irish rugby games were played in Dooradoyle, Coonagh and Tom Clifford Park
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18. You’ve sang ‘Who put the ball in the Real Madrid net’ to Des Kennedy
Kennedy scored for Limerick FC against the Spanish giants in both legs of their clash in the European Cup in 1980.
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17. You’ve learnt that you can always run into a famous face when out for 18 holes in Adare
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16. You’ve roared these lads on from a ringside seat
Andy Lee
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Willie ‘Big Bang Casey
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15. Your heart has been broken in Munster football finals against Kerry
Muris Gavin is consoled as manager Liam Kearns walks nearby after the 2004 loss.
Pic: INPHO/Kieran Clancy
14. You thought the U21′s of 2000-2002 were going to rule the senior hurling world
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
13. You can’t decide which Michael Hourigan horse you preferred watching race – Beef Or Salmon…
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Or Doran’s Pride?
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12. You wished lads like these had won an All-Ireland senior hurling medal before they retired
Carey and Kirby
Moran and Foley
11. You’ve seen Paulie put the Fear of God into opponents playing for Young Munster
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
10. You saw Big Sam pioneer his football tactics when in charge of Limerick FC
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9. You know Limerick hurling teams are in good shape when there’s a Quaid in goal
Tommy Quaid
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
Joe Quaid
Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan
Nicky Quaid
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
8. At Cheltenham, you see who JP has running and decide your bets from there
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
7. You thumbed a lift to Cardiff in 2006 and 2008, and made it back to O’Connell Street in time for the homecomings
Pic: INPHO/Cathal Noonan
6. You know that Richie Bennis made the hurling summer of 2007
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5. You can’t decide who is the bigger legend – The Claw…
Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
Or The Bull?
Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger
4. With five minutes left in the 1994 All-Ireland final, you were dreaming of seeing Liam being lifted by a Limerick man
Go to 8.48
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3. You’re certain that this is the greatest hurling point of all time
Go to 10.03
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2. Your father swears blind that he was behind the goal at the All Blacks game in 1978
YouTube: Conor Ryan
1. And you were the only one who knew the 27-point win was in the bag on January 18th 2003
Pic: INPHO/Andrew Paton
Unbelievable result….. fair play to her
@Tony O Connor: Time waits for no one.Sadly some great champions refuse to acknowledge the obvious.
@Tony O Connor: the women’s game is in rag order, Venus is 39 and ranked 44 in the world. Not surprising at all a prodigy dumped her out.
@Billy McNamara: It also happens to team managers too, many do not know when it is time to go. ” You’re only as good as your last game” .
@Tony O Connor: but at why price? Look at the girls shoulders, she has the look of an Olympic powerlifter, and only 15. What kind of a life has she had? I guess trained since birth by her parents. She will be burnt out by 20 like so many before her. Although, I hope I’m wrong.
Hopefully Venus reacted with a tad more dignity and respect than Serena did when Naomi Osaka outplayed her
Ooof. That’s game over for Venus.
Did Jennifer Capriati not qualify for Wimbledon when she was only 14?
@winston smith: She didn’t have to go thru the qualifiers, Caoriati already had high enough ranking to get in automatically
@winston smith: youngest player since 1991
Do they not walk off together anymore at Wimbledon?
@Sheila Teehan: Its very rarely done now-deference is given to the winner to walk off last to get the applause.
Great result for Cori but if she knocks out more high profile players then she will be a future Grand Slam Champion
@Just Some Guy: yeah I think if she wins all her matches over the next two weeks she will win the championship.
@sup: That’s well researched.
@Patrick J. Keating:
Venus was always renowned for close shaves but I think there may be some minor irritation at that result.
The fact that Venus had won 4 grand slams before this girl was born says it all. No one can stay on top forever. Venus Williams will remain one of the best female tennis players but, sadly, the mantle always gets passed on.
Great news!
Teenage kicks!