Superstitious Dublin GAA supporters will not have been best pleased by Limerick’s success at this year’s Rose of Tralee.

Sinead Flanagan took the coveted crown on Tuesday night – the third time that a Limerick Rose has been selected. On both previous occasions, Dublin were subsequently beaten in the All-Ireland final.

In 1984, Diane Hannagen was named as Limerick's first Rose of Tralee and Kerry overcame defending champions and red-hot favourites Dublin in the Sam Maguire Cup decider – 0-14 to 1-6.

Ten years later, Muirne Hurley became the second Limerick girl to win the Rose of Tralee and the Dubs fell to Down in the All-Ireland final, 1-12 to 0-13.

One suspects that the locals in Tralee were quite happy with how things worked out this week!

Follow the hoganstand.com match tracker on Sunday afternoon for live coverage of the All-Ireland SFC and MFC finals.

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