Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven, as Wordsworth mused in reference to the Limerick hurling set-up in the spring of 2019. How much fun must it be to be a Limerick hurler right now? Barely out of short trousers and already immortal. The average age of their All-Ireland winning starting 15 was just 23 and that’s including wizened old Graeme Mulcahy (28) and decrepit geriatric Nicky Quaid (29).

Source: Irish Examiner April 03, 2019 23:03 UTC