Michael Duignan, the Off aly County Board Chairman, centre, celebrates after the oneills.
com GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship fi nal match between Off aly and Tipperary
at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny on June 1, 2024. Photo: Ray McManus / Sportsfi le. In five breathless minutes on the hallowed turf of Croke Park in 1994, Limerick’s world collapsed. They had waited 21 years. Since 1973, the Liam McCarthy Cup had eluded them, slipping through fingers and fading into memory. Now, leading Offaly 2-13 to 1-11 as the clock edged toward injury time, the famine appeared finally over.…
