Seán O’Dea doesn’t have to ponder long when asked as to when Limerick football actually bottomed out.
The relative highs of regularly reaching Munster finals, at least one of which should have been won, between 2003 and ‘10 then an All-Ireland quarter-final in 2011 were well in the rear view mirror by 2018, when Limerick were in their second year back in Division Four.
After three games they had only one point - from a draw with London - as they went to Carrick-on-Shannon to face Leitrim in round four.
