Sure enough there was a pretty good crowd to greet Limerick's three-in-a-row heroes as they once again returned home with the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
And while there were plenty of memorable moments from their joyous homecoming, it's hard to imagine there was anything better than John Kiely leading everyone in a rendition of the Billy Joel classic 'Piano Man'.
By the sound of it, his voice had already been through it a bit between roaring his side on in the dying moments as they were pushed all the way on Sunday afternoon to what was surely a long night of celebrations with a few other sing-songs. But it was a more than fair effort all the same.
Kiely has built something special with this group of players, ably assisted by the likes of Paul Kinnerk and Caroline Currid.
Their fourth title in five years now has everyone accepting they need to be brought up when we debate hurling's greatest ever sides especially since aside from Nickie Quaid and Graeme Mulcahy, their core players are all still in their 20s.
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While they have a reputation for being the dominant side in the country, there's no question that this one in particular was hard won.
Clare took them to extra-time in an all-time great Munster final played in drizzly conditions while Galway and Kilkenny were both level with them going into the last few minutes of their Championship battles.
Sunday's contest was also of course one of the hottest All-Ireland finals ever which made it an even bigger exertion on players.
However, while there was a sense that the chasing pack narrowed the gap on them this season, Limerick still showcased an incredibly impressive ability to take control at the end of these rip-roaring contests by staying calm and composed.
Their strength in depth also contributed massively to this pattern as sub David Reidy proved to be the match-winner against Galway as he got on the end of some well-worked moves to fire over three crucial points.
And in the much same vein, Conor Boylan and Cathal O’Neill chipped in with vital scores versus The Cats to help them kick for home on a day where they without two-time Hurler of the Year Cian Lynch.
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