Limerick GAA is in mourning following the death of former football captain Tony Fitzgerald this week.

Lining-out at centre-back, Fitzgerald led Limerick to a famous Munster semi-final victory over Cork in 1965.

The 2-5 to 0-6 victory was their first over the Rebels in the championship since 1897 and the Treaty County wouldn’t do it again until 2003.

Limerick would lose the Munster final to Kerry that year, as Fitzgerald went on to have a stellar club career that saw him involved in all three of Askeaton’s Limerick SFC triumphs (1965, 1966 & 1972), having captained Ballysteen to glory in '64.

He would also go on to represent Munster in the Railway Cup in 1966, losing out to Ulster in the competition’s final.

Ballysteen GAA Club and its members send its deepest sympathy to the Fitzgerald family, Mantle Hill on the death of Tony.

— Ballysteen GAA (@BallysteenGAA) October 7, 2020

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