Star singer to perform at Gaelic Grounds as warm-up for mouth-watering Munster final between Cork & Limerick

The Irish Sun

05-06-2025

GAVIN James will set the scene for Saturday's Munster final spectacular by playing a 40-minute warm-up set.
There is the distinct possibility that Limerick are "in the heads" of their Cork foes considering they
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Once again the TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick will play host to the rivals
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Gavin James is set to serve as the warm-up act before hurling takes centre stage
And ahead of Saturday's 6pm throw-in Limerick GAA has announced that Dublin singer-songwriter James will get the occasion going from 4.35pm.
"Gates will open on Saturday June 7 at 4pm.
"Honing his performing and song writing gifts as a busker and pub performer in Dublin, to sold out world tours, Gavin's come a long way.
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"James has built a community of fans that have seen his music streamed three billion times across the globe and earn diamond and platinum records in multiple countries.
"He has also sold more than 250,000 tickets (and counting) worldwide with a live show that is as transporting as it is uplifting.
"This June, James returns with a new single 'Cherry Cola', a precursor to a new album of original material that he's recording in a studio on a mountain outside his home city of Dublin."
Earlier this week, Tipperary great Patrick 'Bonner' Maher
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Speaking at the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Championship launch, he said: 'I think Cork should come back. They'll have a bit of a bite after what happened in the last game.
'I'm hoping for a classic Munster final, fire and brimstone, where two teams go hammer-and-tongs at each other.
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'It's going to be a hard one to call. Both of them are going to go hard at each other and see where the pieces fall.
'Judging on the last day, you'd say Limerick are one or two points ahead.
'But I wouldn't write off Cork because those boys are well able to play.'
Limerick, who have won five All-Irelands and six Munster titles since 2018, are often placed in opposition to Brian Cody's four-in-a-row Kilkenny crop in debates over the greatest hurling team of all time.
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Maher at the 2025 Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship launch
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Maher came up against John Kiely's Limerick on several occasions in the latter half of his career, having also been part of the Tipp side who scuppered the Cats' quest for a fifth consecutive Liam MacCarthy Cup in 2010.
But the three-time All-Ireland winner said: 'It's very hard to compare a team in one period to a team in the current period.
'There are so many variables, it's hard to say if they're as good or better than that Kilkenny team.
'I was lucky enough, or unlucky enough, to play against both. For their time and their moment playing, they're the best team that's there at that moment.
'I wouldn't compare against the Kilkenny team because they were a different animal and that was in their time. They're two serious outfits.'