invasion scuppered the game for ten minutes, however, Limerick held on to win by 3-3 to 2-4 and Scanlan collected a fifth Munster medal. The subsequent All-Ireland decider on 1 September 1940 brought Kilkenny and Limerick together for the last great game between the two outstanding teams of the decade. Early in the second-half Kilkenny took a four-point lead, however, once Mick Mackey was deployed at midfield he proceeded to dominate the game. Limerick hung on to win the game on a score line of 3-7 to 1-7. The win gave Scanlan his second All-Ireland medal. Inter-provincial Scanlon also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial hurling competition. He won his first Railway Cup medal in 1934 as Munster defeated Leinster. Scanlon won three more Railway Cup titles in 1937, 1938 and 1940. Honours Player Ahane Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1931 (c), 1933, 1934 Liam Mellows Galway Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1935 Limerick All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1934 1936, 1940 Munster Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1933, 1934, 1936, 1940 National Hurling League (4): 1933-34, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1937-38 Munster Railway Cup (4): 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940 References 1905 births 1977 deaths Ahane hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners Drinking establishment owners Hurling goalkeepers Hurling referees Liam Mellows hurlers Limerick inter-county hurlers Munster inter-provincial hurlers