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“I come and go with football – you grow up supporting Man United but you can be in and out with it, take or leave it sometimes. But with Limerick, this has just intensified. It has become more and more important over the years. The book is the story of Limerick’s rise from the ashes but it’s not not that story either. O’Dea’s storytelling is both inventive and wildly clever – a series of vignettes are woven through each other right from the opening chapter, an account of the 2018 All-Ireland final from a host of different perspectives. He credits his publisher, Liam Hayes of Hero Books, with coming up with the idea on the structure but the execution is all his.

“The negative impact that had on him over the years goes so deep. He can’t bring himself to watch the games now. It’s fascinating talking to him, just how much ‘94 still impacts on him. It hurt his sensibilities to be the one presiding over the team that beat Limerick in such a cruel way. It couldn’t have happened in a worse way. He can talk about it but there’s part of him that just can’t bring himself to watch them now.

Eamonn Cregan: presiding over the Offaly team that beat his native Limerick in the 1994 All-Ireland final in such a cruel way left a lasting effect on him. Photograph: Tom Honan/Inpho

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