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Newly elected green TDs Brian Leddin and Marc Ó Cathasaigh are best friends.
The couple shared a flat during the spring’s intense government negotiations, and since then both have been appointed to top positions in their party, Mr. Leddin as chairman, Mr. Ó Cathasaigh as Green party whip and a government assistant. .
But on Sunday afternoon, there will be no love lost between the couple, as Leddin cheers on Limerick in hopes that it will be two Liam MacCarthy cups in three years, while Waterford TD Mr Ó Cathasaigh hopes Deise will finish off what he describes it as “one of the great GAA famines.”
Leddin, still not sure where he will see the decisive game Sunday afternoon, pitched at 3.30 pm, saying the game is “very important” to the city and county.
“In a year in which it has been so difficult for everyone to complete with an Irish final and the chance to win the Liam MacCarthy Cup will mean we can finish it on a good note. Hopefully we can go all the way and win on Sunday, ”he told the Limerick Leader.
The two TDs were elected to Dail Éireann on the same day in the February elections, and Mr. Leddin said there had been a bit of back and forth between the pair before Sunday.
“We always get along very well and work very closely. But this week, there is an understandable tension. I don’t think that in terms of our support, we will leave anything behind! It’s great that two great hurling teams have reached the final. Two non-perennial teams are in it, ”he said.
“I think we can expect a brilliant match.”
Limerick bridged a 45-year gap to win the Irish title in 2018, and was arguably everyone’s choice outside of Galway in 2018.
This year, Waterford is considered by many to be the favorite of the neutrals, having not won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship title since 1959.
Mr. Ó Cathasaigh added: “Unfortunately, it happened long before my memory. It’s one of the GAA’s great famines: probably the Waterford hurling and May football. “
“You can never be sure. Limerick is an extremely strong team. But you would rather be in the final than not, “he said.
Limerick edged out Waterford to win the Munster title this year, but then Deise beat a team that Ó Cathasaigh described as “our eternal stumbling block” Kilkenny, producing a poignant second half to secure their final place.
“I think it is only the third time that we beat them in the championship. That will give us great confidence for the final. Although every time Limerick has been around this year, be it Galway or Waterford, they seem to have found an extra team. So we will have to match them for that, if we want to win, ”he said.
Both Mr. Leddin and Mr. Ó Cathasaigh have worked together in an attempt to foster greater cooperation between Shannonside and the city on the Suir, including promoting a direct rail line between the two.
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