Limerick leader becomes first captain to lift Munster trophy — now the Mackey Cup — in five successive years
He also has Tipperary hurling connections through the Stakelums. Pat, who captained Tipp to the 1949 All-Ireland, was an uncle of Bobby Ryan, who captained the 1989 team that reclaimed the Liam MacCarthy. Ryan’s cousin, Richard Stakelum was the captain of the famine-relieving Munster champions of 1987.
A Harty Cup winner with Árdscoil Rís and a Fitzgibbon medallist with Mary Immaculate College of Education, Declan Hannon began his intercounty career as a forward, playing in the 2013 team that bridged a 17-year gap to the county’s previous Munster title.
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