Some strength in depth when the county champions have only wan starting
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Fabulous to see a junior A club represented.
Wasnt always the case and it does bode well for the future hopefully.
Well it’s not fabulous for St. Pat’s tbf; I’m sure they would have preferred to stay Intermediate 
But I get your point. Imagine being the poor junior half-back who has to mark Hego…
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He needs to perform more for his club.
Two lads on the panel at Junior A level, Hego and O’Grady. Before that, WOM was the only lad playing Junior A during 2018. Before O’Meara, who was the last player on the panel to be playing Junior at the time?
Paudie ahern?
Stephen Cahill maybe in 2017.
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Yeah, I’d say was Stevie Cahill in 2017.
Paudie Ahern & John Riordan before that; would have been a few in 2010.
Didn’t blackrock come up for junior after Richie Mc played?
They won the Junior in 2009; not sure if he was on the panel that year? He might have been but I’d say he only got his first Championship start in 2011.
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Very good, never thought about him actually.
@Aristotle Nickie was on the panel in 2010 wasn’t he? That would be another one as Effin only got promoted in 2010
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It’s unusual that there are so few junior hurlers historically in the Limerick panel, I assume the majority of clubs are at that level
Limerick operate with a number of tiers in Intermediate though don’t they? Is Junior the 4th or 5th tier?
There are 12 senior teams, 8 Premier Intermediate, 12 intermediate and 24 junior. The junior championship contains second teams from Patrickswell, Ballybrown, Doon and Garryspilane.
I think the only clubs whose first team plays junior B are Fedamore and Camogue Rovers.
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They beat us in the sevens that year iirc.
In 1981 Fedamore played in a Senior semi final
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And supplied many hurlers to All-Ireland winning teams in the thirties.
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Yep senior a and b and two intermediate divisions. Reality is if junior and the lower intermediate were mixed I’d doubt you’d see too many bad beatings.
Jesus ya . A powerhouse back then . Pity to see - a really great tradition
Obvously Ahane dominated Limerick club hurling at the time, but the championship was played on a divisional basis and Fedamore were their main rivals in the East, losing a lot of finals to them. They’d have had 7 or 8 county titles if they could have gotten out of the East back then.
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