{"id":451230,"date":"2026-05-16T02:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/451230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:13:09","slug":"heartbreak-for-limerick-minor-hurlers-who-suffer-munster-final-defeat-to-tipperary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/451230\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreak for Limerick minor hurlers who suffer Munster final defeat to Tipperary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIMERICK<\/a> fell to defeat in Friday\u2019s Munster Minor Hurling Championship final, falling to a 3-16 to 0-18 loss to Tipperary in FBD Semple Stadium.<\/p>\n

It means the wait since 2020 for a provincial title at this grade continues as they fell short here in front of 3,760 spectators<\/p>\n

It was, however, a game effort from Diarmuid Mullins charges, who were undone by two first half goals – one of which had an element of controversy about it.<\/p>\n

That first goal was an early blow – a fortuitous long-range effort from Conall Morrisson. There was doubt as to whether the ball crossed the line or not – too close to call on TV replays.<\/p>\n

But this didn\u2019t cause heads to drop on the Treaty side. Points from Shane Waters, Daire Long and Ryan Foley got the visitors on the board.<\/p>\n

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A well-taken score from Tipp\u2019s Shane Ryan helped his side have a slender cushion in the opening exchanges.<\/p>\n

Mullins\u2019 side reached parity by the quarter hour mark – a Waters free followed by a super score from Jack Roche.<\/p>\n

It was nip and tuck after this with the highlight from a Limerick perspective was a wonderful sideline cut, put over the bar by Xavier Nelligan. This was followed by a smart strike from John O\u2019Riordan who put Limerick in front for the first time after 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

The Shannonsiders defence also stood tall in this period – Rowan Collins superbly blocking Chris Dunne\u2019s goal-bound effort.<\/p>\n

The Premier did raise a second green flag just before half time. After Limerick blocked two initial efforts, the ball fell to KJ Dunne whose low, hard effort went into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Chris Dunne added a free before Eamon O\u2019Sullivan got the last score of the half as Limerick trailed 2-6 to 0-10 at the change of ends.<\/p>\n

Tipp started the second half well – Dunne and Eanna Tucker getting early scores to double the interval advantage.<\/p>\n

Danny O\u2019Grady setting up Waters to get Limerick off the mark in the second period.<\/p>\n

Waters\u2019 accuracy from placed balls kept Limerick in touching distance but the striking of Conall Morrisson meant the Premier kept their lead as the game headed down the stretch – 2-11 to 0-14 the Tipp lead with 10 minutes to play.<\/p>\n

Points from Roche and Rian Horgan before another Waters free meant Mullins\u2019 side only trailed by two heading into the final minute of the 60.<\/p>\n

However, an injury-time Conall Morrisson goal sealed the win for Tipp.<\/p>\n

SCORERS<\/p>\n

Tipperary: Conall Morrisson 2-4; Chris Dunne 0-6 (4f, 1 \u201865); KJ Dunne 1-0; Eanna Tucker 0-3; Shane Ryan, James Finn (f), Zack O\u2019Keeffe 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Limerick: Shane Waters 0-8 (4f, 1 \u201865); Eamon O\u2019Sullivan, Jack Roche 0-2 each; Daire Long, Ryan Foley, Xavier Nelligan (sl), John O\u2019Riordan, Gavin O\u2019Brien, Rian Horgan 0-1.<\/p>\n

TEAMS<\/p>\n

TIPPERARY: Eoin Connolly; Colm Ryan, Daniel Groome, Conor Collins; Oisin Kennedy, James Finn, Travis McLoughlin; Shane Ryan, Hugo Healy; Conor Kennedy, Conall Morrisson, Eanna Tucker; Zach O\u2019Keeffe, Chris Dunne, KJ Dunne.<\/p>\n

Subs: Ciaran Gantley for Hugo Healy (40 mins); Ciaran O\u2019Mahony for Travis McLoughlin (40 mins); Rian McGrath for Eanna Tucker (51 mins).<\/p>\n

LIMERICK: Sam Collins (Crecora-Manister); Rowan Collins (Adare), William Ryan (Murroe-Boher), Sam Mitchell (Knockainey); Eoin Hennessy (Patrickswell), Conor Ryan (Monaleen), John O\u2019Riordan (Bruff); Xavier Nelligan (Kilmallock), Jack Roche (Blackrock); Diarmuid Crowe (Doon), Ryan Foley (Patrickswell), Shane Waters (Na Piarsaigh); Eamon O\u2019Sullivan (Adare), Danny O\u2019Grady (Granagh-Ballingarry), Daire Long (Pallasgreen).<\/p>\n

Subs: Jack McCarthy (Ballybrown) for Sam Mitchell (ht); Rian Horgan (Murroe-Boher) for Danny O\u2019Grady (34 mins); John Ross O\u2019Reilly (Ballybrown) for Eamon O\u2019Sullivan (40 mins); Gavin O\u2019Brien (Kilmallock) for Daire Long (40 mins); Cian Hickey (Crecora-Manister) for Ryan Foley (56 mins).<\/p>\n

REFEREE: Seaghan Walsh (Waterford).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIMERICK fell to defeat in Friday\u2019s Munster Minor Hurling Championship final, falling to a 3-16 to 0-18 loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1965,42,17406,169938,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-451230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hurling","tag-headlines","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-munster-mhc","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\/451230","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=451230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}