Failing to score for the second game running was a source of frustration for Hegarty but offloading to Reidy, in marginally the better position, still felt like the right thing to do. For his friend, for the team.<\/p>\n
Reidy will be by his side again soon, as a groomsman along with Se\u00e1n Finn, for Hegarty\u2019s wedding to Niamh McCarthy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe literally are all best friends,\u201d said Hegarty of the bond within the All-Ireland winners\u2019 camp. \u201cNearly all my best friends are inside in that dressingroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
That bond, the half forward has insisted, is an essential part of their success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the heat comes on, like it did against Galway<\/a> in the first half, or like it did especially in the semi-final with 15, 20 minutes to go, when the s**t hits the fan, that\u2019s when you see what you\u2019re made of and how close and how tight you are, and how much of a unit you are,\u201d said Hegarty.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a special feeling to go out on to that field with those lads and battle and battle and battle, and be successful and come away with the cup.\u201d<\/p>\n Hegarty isn\u2019t the only Limerick player due to tie the knot in the coming weeks and months. Reidy will also be doing so, as will Tom Morrissey and Will O\u2019Donoghue. Hegarty\u2019s wedding will take place in the Algarve, Portugal<\/a>. Flying out as an All-Ireland winner again is something that is particularly important to him.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to manifest it all year,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was in my head all year about how special that would be. Declan [Hannon] got married in 2023, I think it was, and we obviously won the All-Ireland that year and I was so envious. I was thinking in my head, \u2018I want that so badly\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t want it for me, I wanted it for my family. My uncle Joe and I are very close. He\u2019s my father\u2019s brother. He\u2019s a diehard Limerick fan, just eats and drinks hurling. My uncles on my mother\u2019s side, they just love hurling and I\u2019m so happy that these lads, who will go down as the greatest hurlers of all time, are coming over. That they\u2019ll be there and my family will be able to interact with these people. And I know they will appreciate that so much.<\/p>\n![\"Limerick's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/QIOLKIETZ7LXPSPS7BLPYH2YC4.jpg\")
Limerick’s Gear\u00f3id Hegarty, David Reidy and Se\u00e1n Finn celebrate victory against Galway in last Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final at Croke Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne\/Inpho <\/p>\n