{"id":432987,"date":"2026-05-05T06:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/432987\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:33:10","slug":"with-big-names-missing-john-kiely-praises-the-depth-of-limerick-hurling-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/432987\/","title":{"rendered":"With big names missing, John Kiely praises the depth of Limerick hurling panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ppsfinancial.ie\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PPS_ad_GAA-1777834282699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"317\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOHN Kiely has praised the squad effort as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/245\/sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> bounced back from defeat to Cork to reignite their Munster SHC campaign with a resounding 15-point win over Clare.<\/p>\n<p>There were championship debuts for Fintan Ftizgerald and Hugh Flanagan with the former getting on the scoresheet late on.<\/p>\n<p>With two former Hurlers of the Year absent in the shape of Aaron Gillane and Cian Lynch, others stepping up was something manager John Kiely was thrilled to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe younger boys &#8211; you have to give them great credit today, particularly the lads coming off the bench,\u201d said Kiely after the win in Ennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impact off our bench was really brilliant. We could see it in the warm-up, we could see it in training during the week, we could have put any of the 11 guys on the bench on and they were going to make an impact. It\u2019s the best impact we\u2019ve had off the bench in probably over two years and I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing what they can bring in the weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Kiely and Limerick, after the disappointment of the loss in SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh, they were keen to get on the board in the provincial championship table.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/hurling\/2075584\/ruthless-limerick-put-clare-to-the-sword-in-munster-hurling-championship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ruthless Limerick put Clare to the sword in Munster Hurling Championship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was just a huge amount of determination there from our side today after losing last week, it\u2019s game two &#8211; there\u2019s only four games &#8211; it\u2019s now or never,\u201d Kiely said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew there was a great focus, a great energy in the group during the week and coming down here that only heightens it really because you know you\u2019re coming into a place where a team has a tremendous record and you know you\u2019re going to have to earn every piece of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got a great performance, we got the result we deserved from the performance. It\u2019s two points on the board and we regroup now for the next two weeks and get ready for Waterford in the Gaelic Grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOHN Kiely has praised the squad effort as Limerick bounced back from defeat to Cork to reignite their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,17406,65931,112675,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-432987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-limerick-senior-hurlers","tag-munster-shc","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}