{"id":558145,"date":"2026-07-19T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558145\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:11:10","slug":"unexpected-all-ireland-speech-moment-showed-how-much-limerick-value-caroline-currid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558145\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected All-Ireland Speech Moment Showed How Much Limerick Value Caroline Currid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Limerick are back at the top of the intercounty hurling tree after an emphatic win over Galway in today&#8217;s All-Ireland Hurling final.<\/p>\n<p>The game was a bit stop-start in the opening quarter, but after the first 20 minutes or so, there was only going to be one winner. Leading by five points with the wind to come in the second half, John Kiely&#8217;s side cruised to victory with a goal from Cathal O&#8217;Neill giving Limerick a cushion they never relinquished.<\/p>\n<p>Having not held Liam MacCarthy since 2023, Limerick looked determined all year to get the job done and on the biggest of days they delivered, leaving a young Galway side wondering what more they could have done differently.<\/p>\n<p>A key component of Limerick&#8217;s backroom team that is often mentioned is their sports psychologist Caroline Currid. In recent days, former Limerick captain Declan Hannon has spoken about the impact she has on the group and the evidence is there for all to see, when she&#8217;s involved, Limerick win All-Irelands.<\/p>\n<p>Cian Lynch\u2019s Caroline Currid Mention Prompted Huge Reaction From Limerick Fans<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his speech Cian Lynch thanked Caroline Currid with the crowd giving her a huge reception and massive round of applause as she was shown on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch said of Currid in the speech:<\/p>\n<p>Our sports psychologist Caroline Currid, unbelievable. We&#8217;re just privileged and honoured to have you as part of our group Caroline, to have you back with us this year, your knowledge, your information you share with us.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re just that mother figure, that someone we can lean on whether that&#8217;s outside of sport in our lives in general and we really do appreciate you so thank you Caroline.<\/p>\n<p>Currid has now been a part of all 6 of Limerick&#8217;s All-Ireland wins under John Kiely. She has also been a part of successful teams with Tyrone in 2008, Tipperary in 2010 and Dublin in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The reception Currid received from the Limerick crowd was by far the biggest cheer of Lynch&#8217;s speech, by far the most celebrated member of the backroom team.<\/p>\n<p>Will Limerick be back again in 2026? If Caroline Currid remains as part of their backroom team, history suggests they will.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/gearoid-hegarty-limerick-galway-red-card-659970\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Limerick Star Showed His Class With Gesture To Galway Man After Red Card<\/a><br \/>\nSEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/limerick-galway-red-card-all-ireland-hurling-final-659974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ref Mic Helps Paul Murphy Call All-Ireland Final Red Card Before It Was Shown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Limerick are back at the top of the intercounty hurling tree after an emphatic win over Galway in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[235987,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-558145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-caroline-currid-limerick","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558145","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=558145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}