Some might look at the Limerick footballers’ recent progress and conclude that the JP McManus effect has belatedly dripped down to the county’s other flagship team.
Former Limerick football captain Seánie Buckley laughs off the suggestion. McManus’s contribution to Gaelic games in the county, and beyond, is not to be scoffed at but the county footballers’ climb to Division Two is the result of years of painstaking toil.
“Look,” says Buckley, “every team has their sponsorship and Limerick is no different. The answer to that is there’s no miracle cure within Limerick football.
