{"id":559331,"date":"2026-07-20T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/559331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:22:12","slug":"16000-fans-in-limerick-to-welcome-all-ireland-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/559331\/","title":{"rendered":"16,000 fans in Limerick to welcome All-Ireland champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the golden days for Limerick hurling.<\/p>\n<p>Around 16,000 supporters have gathered in Pery Square in Limerick city to salute a team that yesterday secured it&#8217;s sixth All-Ireland victory since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Before Sunday&#8217;s final, manager John Kiely urged supporters to make their voices heard in Croke Park.<\/p>\n<p>They answered that call, roaring their team to victory. This evening, it&#8217;s their turn to celebrate alongside the players who are bringing the Liam McCarthy Cup back to Shannonside.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the All-Ireland champions shared their success with some very special supporters, bringing the silverware to Children&#8217;s Health Ireland at Crumlin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Limerick fans in Heuston Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0024baa8-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nLimerick fans saw the team begin their journey home in Heuston Station this afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Spain may have its football champions, but Limerick has hurling legends including Cian Lynch, Gear\u00f3id Hegarty, Diarmaid Byrnes and Cathal O&#8217;Neill \u2013 players who have helped define an extraordinary generation.<\/p>\n<p>The team are due to arrive at Colbert Station at around 5.30pm before making their way to a civic reception.<\/p>\n<p>Then they&#8217;ll take to the stage to greet the sea of green waiting to welcome them home.<\/p>\n<p>The sun is shining, the atmosphere is electric, and the stage is set as Limerick celebrates its 2026 All-Ireland hurling champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These are the golden days for Limerick hurling. Around 16,000 supporters have gathered in Pery Square in Limerick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-559331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559331","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=559331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}