Limerick GAA officials issue a call to arms

LIMERICK GAA officials have issued a call to arms to the GAA clubs of the county to come out in large numbers this Saturday to accompany Munster GAA’s commemorative torch run through the county.
As part of the GAA’s 125 year celebrations, the Torch Run will commence from the home of Michael Cusack in Carron in north Clare and journey to the location of the foundation meeting in Hayes Hotel in Thurles. The Torch Run commences at 12noon on Saturday and will reach Limerick at approximately 2.45.
Each club is being asked to bring in at least 30 12-14 year olds, dressed in their club colours with flags and banners, to assist with the parade.
The clubs are asked to assemble in the Gaelic Grounds at 2.00 where musical entertainment will be provided by a number of Scor participants. At 2.45 Meelick GAA club will hand over the torch at the Coonagh roundabout on the Ennis Road to members of Na Piarsaigh. who will bring it to the Gaelic Grounds.
The Caherdavin club will then be joined by the clubs of the county as the torch is paraded via the Ennis Road, Sarsfields Bridge, William St. and on to Mulgrave St.
At 4.30 Claughaun will take the torch from Mulgrave St to their clubhouse on the Childers Road, from where St Patrick’s will carry the torch to the Groody bridge. Milford take over the Groody bridge to Hurlers Cross, where the torch passes to Monaleen. The final leg of the Limerick participation sees, Ahane take the torch from Annacotty Village to Finnegans roundabout, where the torch will be passed to Tipperary County Board. The torch is expected at Hayes Hotel at 9pm Saturday night and will be carried into Semple Stadium on Munster hurling final day.
On Sunday at 2.20 the torch will leave Hayes Hotel for Semple Stadium with the flags of each Munster county and a representative of each county.
1973 All-Ireland senior hurling championship winning captain Eamonn Grimes has been nominated as Limerick’s representative. The South Liberties man will be joined by Christy Walsh (Kerry), David Duggan (Waterford), Jimmy Smyth (Clare) and Teddy McCarthy (Cork).
At 3.15 the torch will brought into the Semple Stadium by Tipperary legend Jimmy Doyle and handed to Munster GAA chairman Jimmy O’Gorman, who will light six mini torches to be held by Liam Lenihan and his fellow County Board chairmen.
The torch run is just one of the many events organised around this Sunday’s Munster hurling final between Tipperary and Waterford.
On Saturday the Munster Long Puck final will take place at 11am in Thurles Racecourse and Albert Shanahan will be the Limerick’s representative.
On Sunday Gary Kirby and Ciaran Carey will be the only Limerick men involved when the captains of winning Munster hurling teams of the last 25 years are introduced to the crowd at half time in the senior final.
For further information about the weekend’s 125 year celebrations see:
www.munster.gaa.ie

Jerome O’Connell