It's an episode that people of a certain age would scarcely believe but it says much about Liam Kearns and the levels of devotion that he engendered.
In early 2004, six Limerick dual players, Stephen Lucey, Brian Begley, Mark Keane, Conor Fitzgerald, Mike O'Brien and Mark O'Riordan, all chose football when an ultimatum was put to them by the senior hurling management.
Bear in mind that the footballers hadn’t won a Munster title in over 100 years, while big things were expected of the hurlers with the county having just won three consecutive All-Ireland under-21 titles.
