Limerick moved into their first Tailteann Cup final thanks to a hard fought 2-18 to 1-17 victory over Wicklow at Croke Park this afternoon.

The Shannonsiders came from seven points down to win out by four in the end and join Kildare in the second-tier competition’s decider at headquarters on July 12th.

Wicklow had edged a 0-4 to 0-3 lead when Danny Neville fired in the game’s first goal for the Treaty men on the quarter hour mark.

Wicklow 0-04 Limerick 1-03: Danny Neville shows great composure to score the first goal of the game, putting Limerick two points in front.

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Oisin McConville’s side got it level for the Garden County by the 31st minute, but a brace of points from Peter Nash would see Limerick edging a 1-7 to 0-9 lead at the interval.

With the tams all square again, Wicklow’s goal would come 11 minutes into the second-half via Malachy Stone and they’d add scores through Kevin Quinn, Dean Healy (two-pointer) and Oisin McGraynor to hold a 1-16 to 1-9 advantage with 20 minutes left to play.

Jimmy Lee’s team responded to their opponents’ purple patch with a poacher's goal from Rob Childs and added a two-pointer through 'keeper Josh Ryan along with a Neville point to trim their deficit down to one.

Wicklow would see a McGraynor penalty saved by Ryan with the help of the post in a crucial moment after that, and Barry Coleman’s point made it honours even ahead of Nash (free), Darragh Murray and Coleman shooting over scores for the Division 4 champions before Ryan’s two-pointer from a free late on sealed their final place.

Limerick manager Jimmy Lee was delighted with the manner of his side's second-half fightback against Wicklow, just when everything looked to be turning against his side. pic.twitter.com/6qlUYVPCTn

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