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AS Limerick braces itself for a winter of discontent, Graeme Mulcahy is adamant that John Kiely’s men can come back in from the cold in 2026.

Dublin shook up the hurling world last Saturday by recording a win over the Treaty that many believe was the biggest upset in the history of the game.

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Graeme Mulcahy ahead of the 2025 Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship Finals[/caption]

Mulcahy was part of a Limerick team that raised the bar by winning five All-Ireland SHC titles.

But for the first time since Kiely took charge in 2017, they are set to endure back-to-back seasons without landing the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Mulcahy, who retired last October, said: “We lost the 2019 semi-final against Kilkenny. That was probably the biggest learning in terms of defeats for us.

“We took a lot from that year and those learnings really stood to us in the 2020 to 2023 period.

“We lost to Cork last year. I stepped away so I don’t really know what happened within the confines of the group. But did we learn enough from it? I don’t know.

“Losing the Munster final on penalties and losing an All-Ireland quarter-final two weeks later, there’ll be a lot of soul-searching done.

“It’ll be a difficult six-month period before they get back in December, January to really think hard on it.”

Insisting that they are also capable of a semi-final shock against All-Ireland favourites Cork, Mulcahy is full of praise for a ‘very impressive’ Dublin team who defied the first-half dismissal of captain Chris Crummey to overcome the Treaty.

As for Kiely’s crew, having lost to the Rebels in a gripping provincial decider that was decided by a shootout at a packed TUS Gaelic Grounds a fortnight earlier, they tried to muster a positive response.

But Mulcahy felt they found it difficult to reacclimatise for an All-Ireland quarter-final that was played as a curtain-raiser to the Dublin footballers’ win over Cork.

He said: “Trying to come down off a Munster final that will live long in people’s memories in terms of the drama, then going to Croke Park a couple of weeks later, an empty stadium effectively with little or no atmosphere…

“You could hear the referee’s whistle echoing around the stadium for the first five, ten minutes — it was just a completely different experience for that Limerick team.

“That really played into Dublin’s hands, allowing them to get a bit of a foothold. It didn’t allow Limerick to make the blistering start that they might have wanted.”

Given that quarter-finals are ordinarily played on neutral ground, Mulcahy agrees that Limerick would have been better served by playing at a venue like Semple Stadium.

On the contrast in atmosphere to their previous outing, the 2018 All-Star added: “Psychologically, if you’re not prepared for that and if you haven’t spoken about it, it can have a huge effect.

“If that game had come down to Thurles, you would’ve had probably three times the amount of Limerick fans that were in Croke Park. On the flipside, you wouldn’t have had as many Dublin fans travel.

“That would have added to giving Limerick an edge, certainly in terms of their performance, that was lacking in Croke Park.”

GLASS HALF FULL

Mulcahy is confident that ‘there won’t be a huge turnover’ in playing personnel and expects Kiely and coach Paul Kinnerk to remain in situ for a tenth season.

The Kilmallock man said: “I think people want to see an end of an era. They want Limerick gone away and I just hope that’s not the case.

“You’ll always lose a couple, but if they keep the core group together and take the learnings from this year, they’ll be competitive again next year.”

FORMER Electric Ireland minor hurler Graeme Mulcahy was speaking ahead of the All-Ireland minor finals.

This summer, Electric Ireland are championing the Minor Stars Team of the Year winners from 2017 to the present.

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TRONE great Seán Cavanagh fears Cathal McShane will regret quitting the county.

The 29-year-old walked away last month ahead of their All-Ireland group-stage campaign.

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Cavanagh and Graeme Mulcahy ahead of the 2025 Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship Finals[/caption]

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Owen Roes clubman McShane was an All-Star in 2019 when he finished as the Championship’s top scorer with 3-48.

The forward made his SFC debut in 2015, won three Ulster titles and helped the Red Hands lift Sam Maguire in 2021.

But he has struggled for game-time this year under Malachy O’Rourke, and his last appearance came in their Ulster SFC win over Cavan on April 13.

He will play soccer for Strabane Athletic for the rest of the summer, but Cavanagh was sad to see his former team-mate depart ahead of Saturday night’s All-Ireland quarter-final with Dublin.

The 2008 Footballer of the Year said: “I think he obviously wasn’t happy with his game-time. It was disappointing if I’m being honest, I would have expected him to hang around, he’s a good lad.

“He’s very experienced, he came on the panel in 2015 so it’s not as if he hasn’t understood that it’s a competitive environment.

“Obviously he’s grown a little bit frustrated. But just for me, and I say the same every year, it’s always a little bit strange when you kind of leave whenever the season is getting good.

“For me anyway, if I was going to leave, I’d leave in November when the wind and rain was beating the head off me in Garvaghy.

“I would never want to leave in mid-May or April whenever the sun was coming out and the hard pitches were there.

“I don’t know what he’s doing for the summer but I know if it was me and I had a chance to pull on a Tyrone jersey this Saturday night and head to Croke Park with a Tyrone team playing Dublin . . .  you would do anything to be in that position again.

“So I wonder whether he might just regret that.”

But as one door closes, another opens. Omagh ace Conor Meyler made an emotional comeback in Tyrone’s final group game against Cavan earlier this month after missing their entire 2024 campaign through injury.

O’Rourke’s men defeated Donegal and the Breffni and lost to Mayo in between, but did enough to take the direct route to the last eight.

Tyrone have not beaten Dublin in the Championship since the 2008 quarter-finals en route to Sam glory, when Cavanagh won the game’s top individual honour.

ANY GIVEN SATURDAY

But the three-time All-Ireland winner hopes Saturday’s clash can spark their summer as they chase their first semi-final since going all the way in 2021.

He said: “I feel there’s a big performance in this Tyrone team. The talent is there, and I know Malachy is the right man to get it out.

“I think the sight of Croke Park and the sight of the Dubs and the Sky Blue jersey will definitely bring out whatever’s in those players right now.

“As a supporter I do feel there’s a big performance in the team, and I think they’ll all see it in that way. They’ll all see it as an opportunity to bring it on Saturday night.

“Any year that Tyrone has good years, it usually takes a big game and the sight of something that will energise and excite the team to get it out.

“So I’m cautiously optimistic that the sight of a Dublin jersey on a Saturday night in Croke Park will do that.”

 THIS summer, Electric Ireland will proudly champion the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Stars Teams of the Year winners from 2017 to present.

The artwork, which will be displayed in Croke Park will highlight Electric Ireland’s consistent support for the Championship and showcase the major impact the Minor Championships hold in nurturing GAA’s stars. #ThisIsMajor

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