{"id":540358,"date":"2026-07-09T03:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540358\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T03:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:59:16","slug":"limerick-and-galway-advance-clare-battle-cork-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/540358\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick and Galway advance, Clare battle, Cork collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two Shanes &#8211; McGrath and Dowling &#8211; join Cathal Mullaney and Rory O&#8217;Neill after the weekend&#8217;s All-Ireland Hurling Championship semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Galway ambushed Cork to make the decider for the first time in eight years, where they&#8217;ll meet Limerick &#8211; who they faced in 2018 &#8211; once more.<\/p>\n<p>Clare died with their boots on, but Cork once again faded away in the second half of a big game at Croke Park.<\/p>\n<p>Limerick are on a mission to lift Liam MacCarthy once more after a couple of years away, while Miche\u00e1l Donoghue&#8217;s tactics are working for Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the RT\u00c9 GAA Podcast on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio\/podcasts\/22627930-limerick-and-galway-advance-clare-go-out-with-a-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RT\u00c9 Radio Player<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ie\/podcast\/limerick-and-galway-advance-clare-go-out-with-a\/id885768269?i=1000775968528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7Ix053Ua1RNNVxZAsbvu69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio1\/podcast\/podcast_rtegaapodcast.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>, and email us at sportpodcasts@rte.ie<\/p>\n<p alt=\"Limerick and Galway advance, Clare go out with a fight, Cork collapse ...\" class=\"tpe\" data-description=\"The two Shanes - McGrath and Dowling - join Cathal Mullaney and Rory O'Neill after the weekend's All-Ireland hurling semi-finals.&#10;Galway ambushed Cork to make the decider for the first time in eight years, where they'll meet Limerick - who they faced in 2018 - once more.\" data-embed=\"rte-player\" data-id=\"22627930\" data-ot-category=\"C0004\" data-title=\"The two Shanes - McGrath and Dowling - join Cathal Mullaney and Rory O'Neill after the weekend's All-Ireland hurling semi-finals.&#10;Galway ambushed Cork to make the decider for the first time in eight years, where they'll meet Limerick - who they faced in 2018 - once more.\" id=\"22627930\">We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. 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