The former ace forward last played for Limerick in the 2019 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny
Shane Dowling is making a dramatic return to the Limerick hurling team, more than four years after being forced into retirement.
However, he was reinvented as a goalkeeper for the club in recent seasons, winning a county title last year and also proving a valuable asset from frees and penalties. But with Limerick’s long-serving netminder Nickie Quaid ruled out for the bulk, if not all, of the 2025 inter-county season with a cruciate ligament injury, Treaty boss John Kiely has invited Dowling to rejoin the squad.
Dowling was just 27, and already the county's all-time leading scorer, when forced into retirement and missed Limerick’s greatest era as they won four All-Irelands in succession and five Munster titles. He was part of the first Limerick side to win Munster in 17 years in 2013 and won his All Star the following year, though his cameos off the bench during the All-Ireland run, especially in the semi-final and final wins over Cork and Galway respectively, were particularly memorable.
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