Referee Michael Kennedy awards a penalty to Clare during the Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Round 3 match between Clare and Limerick at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg in Ennis, Clare, May 3, 2026. Photo: Brendan Moran / Sportsfile. A little over a month into Ireland’s championship summer, the early unpredictability is beginning to give way to something more familiar. The heavyweights are stirring. In both codes, sides who had been questioned are now starting to reassert themselves, with Armagh and Limerick producing emphatic statements against Down and Clare, respectively. Yet alongside that return…
