{"id":557416,"date":"2026-07-19T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557416\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:20:12","slug":"galway-v-limerick-live-all-ireland-hurling-final-updates-western-forces-clash-at-croke-park-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557416\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway v Limerick live All-Ireland hurling final updates: Western forces clash at Croke Park \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final: Galway v Limerick, Croke Park, 3.30pm<\/p>\n

One of Galway\u2019s key strengths is their full-forward line. With Aaron Niland and Conor Whelan in the corners, they are complimented brilliantly by a young talent as their target man, Jason Rabbitte. The 19-year-old inherited his ball winning (and the habit of wearing a hurling glove) from Joe, his dad, and has made a big impression in his debut season. Denis Walsh analyses the man of the match from Galway\u2019s defeat of Cork two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

[Something special in the heir: the rise of Jason Rabbitte, son of a Galway hero<\/a>]<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been so much great coverage of the hurling final this week, from player profiles, to insight from Galway great Joe Canning and stories of John Kiely\u2019s strenuous pre-season preparations. There\u2019s so many different angles to this game, but just to set the scene first, here is Malachy Clerkin\u2019s All-Ireland final by the numbers.<\/p>\n

[The All-Ireland hurling final: By the numbers<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final. We\u2019re finally here; down to the last two and this year it\u2019s Galway and Limerick who will battle it out in Croke Park. <\/p>\n

Limerick have looked back to their best so far this year, winning the Munster title over Cork and snatching a late win over Clare in the semi-finals. Their last title was in 2023, when they completed a four-in-a-row. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Galway came under the radar somewhat, and are definite underdogs in this final. However, their last two performances have been superb; first the Leinster final destruction of Dublin, and then their big win over Cork in the semis.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have blow-by-blow coverage of the match, as well as plenty to get you ready as we build up towards throw-in, so stick with us through the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final: Galway v Limerick, Croke Park, 3.30pm One of Galway\u2019s key strengths is their full-forward…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30883,92418,61,60,17406,43],"class_list":["post-557416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-galway-gaa","tag-hurling-championship","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557416","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=557416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}