{"id":454053,"date":"2026-05-17T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454053\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:54:09","slug":"munster-shc-limerick-and-clare-make-the-all-ireland-series-with-big-wins-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454053\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster SHC: Limerick and Clare make the All-Ireland series with big wins \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Munster SHC round 4<\/p>\n

Limerick 2-29 Waterford 2-20<\/p>\n

Tipperary 0-17 Clare 1-25<\/p>\n

Limerick and Clare booked their qualification for the All-Ireland Series as Tipperary and Waterford bowed out with heavy defeats.<\/p>\n

\"Munster<\/a>\"Down’s<\/a><\/p>\n

All-Ireland champions Tipp were left hanging onto the hope that Waterford would spring a shock in front of 22,225 fans at TUS Gaelic Grounds to keep their title defence alive.<\/p>\n

They were in with a shout as the D\u00e9ise led until the 61st minute, upon which Peter Casey and Gear\u00f3id Hegarty lashed in two goals in the space of a minute. They closed with 2-8 without reply until a last-puck Shane Bennett penalty for a nine-point win.<\/p>\n

If Limerick beat Tipp next weekend, they will book a Munster final against either Cork or Clare at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh.<\/p>\n

In that scenario, Clare would need to defeat the Rebels by four points to pip Ben O\u2019Connor\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

With Limerick playing into the wind, Cathal O\u2019Neill was the highest scorer by the break, racking up 0-5.<\/p>\n

From the 15th to 29th minutes, Waterford had the upper hand to the tune of 0-10 to 0-1. Calum Lyons had four points and wing-back Bennett nailed three each from play and frees for 0-15 to 0-10.<\/p>\n

By then, Cian Lynch was warming up and he made a fast impact with a point and a hand in scores for O\u2019Neill and Shane O\u2019Brien. They levelled with five in a row, but Bennett\u2019s sixth, followed by his goalline save from Aidan O\u2019Connor, left the D\u00e9ise 0-16 to 0-15 ahead at the change of ends.<\/p>\n

An O\u2019Connor trio nudged Limerick into their first lead in half an hour. In the 52nd minute, Waterford jumped back ahead. Kevin Mahony got in behind Mike Casey to collect Dessie Hutchinson\u2019s delivery and bat past Nickie Quaid.<\/p>\n

They were still two ahead with 11 minutes to play after an Austin Gleeson sideline cut.<\/p>\n

Having withdrawn Aaron Gillane, who was held scoreless by Paddy Leavey, and switched Hegarty into the full-forward line, Limerick drilled 2-8 without reply.<\/p>\n

Hegarty mopped up an errant Mark Fitzgerald clearance and fed Peter Casey, who dropped the sliotar but managed to kick into an empty net.<\/p>\n

Then, O\u2019Connor raced through and though his pass was misplaced, it was deflected into Hegarty\u2019s path by Fitzgerald\u2019s despairing flick. The wing-forward\u2019s mishit finish looped over Billy Nolan.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night, starring performances from full debutant Diarmuid Stritch (0-6) and veteran John Conlon helped Clare to a record 1-25 to 0-17 victory over Tipp before 32,327 fans at FBD Semple Stadium.<\/p>\n

The hosts ended with 14 men after Willie Connors picked up a second booking in the 51st minute.<\/p>\n

Playing with the wind, Clare outscored Tipp by 0-10 to 0-1 from the 20th to 35th minutes to lead 0-14 to 0-8 at the break.<\/p>\n

The Banner goaled within seconds of the restart as substitute Ian Galvin gobbled up the break from Ryan Taylor\u2019s long ball and batted past the keeper.<\/p>\n

Tipp\u2019s best chance of a revival came and went in the 41st minute. John McGrath\u2019s groundstroke was brilliantly saved by \u00c9ibhear Quilligan and Ois\u00edn O\u2019Donoghue\u2019s rebound clanked off the near post and wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster SHC round 4 Limerick 2-29 Waterford 2-20 Tipperary 0-17 Clare 1-25 Limerick and Clare booked their qualification…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30041,1965,5582,7026,61,60,17406,43],"class_list":["post-454053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-clare-gaa","tag-hurling","tag-tipperary-gaa","tag-waterford-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454053","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=454053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}