Hurling finals preview | Limerick take their hunger to the Páirc | Can ‘untrustworthy’ Galway defeat the Dubs?
episodePreviously titled “Limerick take their hunger to the Páirc | Can ‘untrustworthy’ Galway defeat the Dubs? | Hurling finals preview” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What are the highlights of the Munster and Leinster hurling finals?
This is an Irish Independent Podcast.
Hello, everyone. Shane Brennan here from the Indosport production team. And while I'm not barging in to talk about the NFL or working on the day job helping Conor to build his YouTube empire, I produce our sister show, the IndoGA podcast, which is ably hosted by Offity's biggest source of energy outside of the Eden dairy plant, Michael Verney. Every week from now until new champions are crowned, you can catch football analysis with Pat Spillane and Dick Clerken and the weekly hurling bonanza that is delivered by Michael, John Millan and Pat Ryan. So today, ahead of this weekend's Provincial Finals, we thought we'd bring you their in-depth preview of the Munster and Leinster Deciders, as well as the Joan McDonagh Cup Final, with memories from past finals thrown in there as well.
Before we get on to that, firstly, a reminder that our GA podcast coverage is sponsored by AIB. AIB proudly celebrate the joy, dedication and support that lies at the heart of Gaelic Games, Clobhain County, in every community and every player. And with that, over to Michael.
Hello and welcome to the IndoGA podcast. Looking forward to what's going to be a belter of a weekend. We have the Munster and Leinster Harlem Finals as well as the Curtain Razor on Saturday. The Joe McDonagh Final between Leash and Carlo. And we're going to get stuck into it all now with John and Pat. Kind of a low-key build-up, lads. But as Pat says there, we'll get stuck into it now. And if no one else is going to build it up, we'll build it up.
Absolutely. Look, Munster final week, it can't be. For me, it's the second biggest day of the year after the All-Ireland final. Look, obviously, you'll probably disagree in Leinster.
No, no, I'm man enough to say that Munster has more history than the Leinster Championship. There's no point in saying any different. It does.
Ah, look, it's just a wonderful occasion. And it's mad to think that after this weekend, we've only five games left. And, you know, in two weeks... you know, the schools won't even finish up the primary schools and we'll have three matches left. So, for me, I think it's been a lacklustre championship today. Bar one or two, bar one or two games. So, I think this weekend, I think we're in bad need of a really good weekend of hurling across the three matches.
Isn't it great, Dom Oluf, when you say that it's three games that are hard to call as well. So, you'd imagine there'd be a couple of belters thrown in there.
Yeah, very, extremely difficult to call. And we'll delve into that now in a few minutes. But look, for me, Cork, Limerick, on the banks of the Lee, top two in the game right now, really, really whets the appetite.
How does Limerick plan to overcome Cork in the final?
I don't think we, you know, there's mass affair excitement around the place. As I would say, it's set up beautifully, lads. You know, Limerick going down, For me, I'd say they're going down to the banks of the Lee, trying to beat Cork in their home ground, trying to achieve something that I don't think has ever been achieved by any Limerick team before. And that's beating Cork in a Munster final on their home soil. I can go back to the last two occasions, 1992. Limerick were league champions I was at that match myself Waterford played in the minor match before against Tipperary Paul Flynn famously you have the picture at the presentation don't you in 92 well that was the league final and you know we were getting excited for the months of final Paul Flynn gave an unbelievable performance in the minor Horton Razor before he scored three sixths
against I don't know it was a 3-3 he scored against Tipperary it was a draw and in that match after then the senior final the famous one where I think Thomas Mulcahy I think he hand passed the ball into the back of the net Cork won that one then in 2014 I was on radio duties that day Limerick going for back-to-back two in a row after winning the previous year, 2013, up in the Gaelic rounds, if my memory serves me correct. I mean, we've seen, you know, the scenes after that match when Limerick won, they were going down then to try and beat Cork and achieve back-to-back.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the highlights of the Munster and Leinster hurling finals?
0:01–2:45
2
How does Limerick plan to overcome Cork in the final?
2:45–11:01
3
What factors will influence Galway's performance against Dublin?
11:01–14:20
4
What are the historical contexts of Limerick and Cork's rivalry?
14:20–30:09
5
How important is the Joe McDonagh Cup final for Leash and Carlo?
30:09–35:21
6
What strategies are key for Galway to beat Dublin?
35:21–1:03:38
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