limerick were in an all ireland final in 2018.
last time limerick were in an all ireland final?
2018
in his second season in charge, kiely's side secured promotion to division 1a of the national league after securing maximum points in their five group stage games. limerick later narrowly missed out on a place in the munster final, however, their third-place finish in the new munster championship group stage allowed limerick to qualify for the all-ireland championship. subsequent defeats of carlow, kilkenny and cork secured a place in the all-ireland final. on 19 august 2018, kiely guided limerick to their first all-ireland title in 45 years after a 3-16 to 2-18 defeat of galway in the final.
john kiely (limerick hurler)
in 1931 power availed of the newly introduced non-resident rule and declared for his own native-county of kilkenny. that year he won a sixth leinster title following a narrow win for kilkenny over laois. a defeat of galway in the penultimate stage of the championship set up a championship decider with cork. on that occasion both sides finished level on a score line of 1-6 apiece. one month later both teams returned to croke park to participate in the replay. once again cork took the lead at half-time, however, kilkenny fought back with lory meagher leading the attack. for the second time both sides finished level with 2-5 each. on november 1 cork and kilkenny returned to croke park for the third time, however, kilkenny were without the services of lory meagher on this occasion. cork went on to win the game by 5-8 to 3-4. in 1932 kilkenny were back and power collected a seventh leinster title following a victory over dublin. the subsequent all-ireland final saw power's side take on clare. it was the first ever meeting of these two teams in the history of the championship. in a close and exciting match kilkenny took the lead thanks to goals by power, lory meagher and martin white. clare fought back, however, kilkenny hung on to win the game by 3-3 to 2-3 giving power a third all-ireland medal. kilkenny retained their provincial dominance in 1933 with a defeat of dublin giving power an eighth leinster medal. a defeat of galway in the next game set up an all-ireland final meeting with limerick. in another tight game kilkenny sealed the victory with a 1-7 to 0-6 score line giving power his fourth all-ireland title, kilkenny lost their provincial title in 1934, however, power won a ninth leinster medal in 1935. the all-ireland final saw kilkenny take on limerick for the second time in three years. once again the match was a close one, however, kilkenny clung on and won by a single point – 2-5 to 2-4. it was power's fifth victory in an all-ireland final. at this he was thirty-six years old and most players would contemplate retirement. power, however, decided to play on, a decision which paid off in 1936 as he collected a tenth leinster title before lining out in yet another all-ireland final. once again, the two outstanding teams of the decade, kilkenny and limerick, were paired together in the championship decider. limerick were coming into their prime at this stage and gained revenge for the defeats of 1933 and 1935 by trouncing ‘the cats’ on a score line of 5-6 to 1-5. power remained on the team and collected an eleventh leinster title in 1937. the all-ireland final saw kilkenny take on tipperary, however, ‘the cats’ were definitely on a downward spiral now as they were walloped by 3-11 to 0-3. following this defeat power decided to retire from inter-county hurling.
matty power