Damien with his children Shane, Colm and Emma at the 2018 all-Ireland semi-final. It’s easy to forget just how long Limerick wandered through the barren hurling wilderness before the emergence of the modern-day team that has not only conquered the county’s demons but rewritten nearly every record in the book. For forty-five long years, Shannonside endured a famine. Entire lifetimes passed without a Limerick man climbing the steps…
