For a crowd who waited 45 years between All-Ireland titles, Limerick sure are making a habit of it now.
Three was the magic number on Sunday as the Treaty edged out Kilkenny and joined them, Cork and Tipperary in the elite club of counties to have won a trio of consecutive titles.
For manager John Kiely, this was the most satisfying of his side's four triumphs in five years, eclipsing even the breakthrough season of 2018.
"It absolutely is," he said. "Because look at the opposition we had to play. We played everybody in Munster. We had an incredible battle with Clare in the Munster final.
"Galway, a super side that we had huge battles with over the last five or six years as well. An incredible side and obviously then to meet Kilkenny in the final.
"The hallmark of their teams is always their hard work, they are tremendously skillful as well. They have it all in abundance. It was a proper battle. Some tremendous scores got by both sides. Just hugely relieved and delighted with what our lads did. Very proud."
Kiely said he had expected a performance from his players after seeing their reaction to the nervy semi-final victory over Galway. Their shooting accuracy improved from 61% a fortnight ago to a superb 72% yesterday.
"We were disappointed with our level of performance in the Galway game," he continued.
"But from the night we went back… the effort they put in on a Tuesday after a Sunday game. It's really not meant to be that kind of session. But it almost becomes that because the players are demanding it of themselves.
"So even if you are just doing a high ball drill and there are two fellows underneath it and they are wrestling each other to the ground you know they are on the money.
"The boys set the tone themselves for the two weeks and it has probably been a super two weeks for all of us of us. Paul [Kinnerk] had a fantastic piece of work put together for them over the two weeks. Drove them hard."
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Kiely suggested that 2021 Hurler of the Year Cian Lynch had been in contention to start until suffering an ankle injury in training last weekend.
But again, his players reaction to that blow encouraged him.
"Cian Lynch, after a ten-week hamstring injury, he gets back and plays in the semi-final for 20 minutes. And on that [following] Sunday morning he was absolutely electric, he was winning ball left, right and centre.
"He just went to make a tackle and got caught awkwardly, what looked like a very serious injury at the time. And the game went on. We got back into it straightaway. We drove on. They drove on at a level that was the highest I have ever seen.
"That’s a devastating blow for any team to take, but for the group to respond the way they did to his injury, for him, and to play like they did for the following 20 minutes afterwards while he is taken away in the back of a jeep… you still have to drive on and literally put yourself in his shoes that you could be the next one to go down.
"It was heart-breaking for him, everybody was so disappointed for him. But being the man he was, he absolutely committed to everything we did all week, and the boys committed to making sure that they weren’t going to let him be the reason that people might say, 'That’s why you lost that final’".
Lynch was on crutches as he lifted the cup with captain Declan Hannon, who said the two-time Hurler of the Year "could have easily sulked for the last week as he had done so much to get back from his hamstring injury."
"He turned it into a positive, he was there for us and drove us on in training from the sideline. It was a privilege to go up the Hogan Stand with him and lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup"
Kiely also revealed that vice-captain Lynch had addressed the team after their final training session on Friday.
"It was obviously hard to see him go down," said corner-back Barry Nash.
"I see a lot of those lads like my own brother at home. That’s the bond that we have. It’s incredible and it has really helped get the success we have got.
"He’s the best hurler in the country in my opinion and a massive leader.
"But as John always says, 'Next man up’, and that’s when someone has to take their opportunity. We just have to get on with things when people get injuries. We can’t stop them.
"Ciano’s message was simple. Go out and enjoy it. That’s what he always says and that’s what we did today. You work hard to win the game but enjoy every second of it."
Three-in-a-row in the bag, the natural next target is four, something only previous achieved by Cork (1941-44, in Christy Ring’s early years) and Kilkenny in 2006-9.
"It probably hasn’t fully sunk in yet," said Nash. "But we’re a very ambitious group.
"I know when it comes round to January next year, our heads will be fully screwed on and ready to go again."
History can wait until next year. Limerick only had seven titles in total this time five years ago. For now, it's time to enjoy an unprecedented period of dominance.
Kiely concludes: "I said to my two girls yesterday morning ‘I hope ye understand that when I was your age, I went to see Limerick play Galway in the 1980 All-Ireland final. That was the only time I was in Croke Park in my youth’. That was it until I was in my 20s in 1994.
"They couldn’t believe it. That’s the way it was. I just said, ‘memory bank this because you don’t know how lucky you are’."
There will surely be a few more trips to the big smoke yet. This Limerick train won’t be stopped too easily.
