Did Clare do the right thing by giving Limerick home advantage?

Brian Lohan and his Clare side will play the Munster SHC final at the Gaelic Grounds, but does this mean advantage Limerick?

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS, JOE MCDONAGH CUP, CHRISTY RING CUP, NICKEY RACKARD CUP, LORY MEAGHER CUP

LIAM MacCARTHY CUP
LEINSTER

• Round 1: April 22: Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19, Corrigan Park; Galway 0-24 Wexford
  2-12, Pearse Stadium; Kilkenny 0-29 Westmeath 0-7, UPMC Nowlan Park.
• Round 2: April 29: Wexford 1-30 Antrim 1-26, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-
  23 Westmeath 1-14, Parnell Park; April 30: Kilkenny 0-28 Galway 1-25, UPMC
  Nowlan Park.
• Round 3: May 6: Dublin 1-22 Wexford 0-23, Croke Park; Galway 6-33 Westmeath
  0-17, TEG Cusack Park; May 7: Kilkenny 5-31 Antrim 3-20 Corrigan Park.
• Round 4: May 20: Kilkenny 0-27 Dublin 0-21, UPMC Nowlan Park; May 21: Galway
  5-29 Antrim 1-22, Pearse Stadium; Westmeath 4-18, Wexford 2-22, Chadwicks
  Wexford Park.
• Round 5: May 28: Wexford 4-23 Kilkenny 5-18, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-
  22 Galway 1-25, Croke Park; Antrim 4-24 Westmeath 1-19, TEG Cusack Park.
• Final: June 11: Galway v Kilkenny, Croke Park

MUNSTER

• Round 1: April 23: Limerick 1-18 Waterford 0-19, FBD Semple Stadium; Tipperary
  5-22 Clare 3-23, Ennis.
• Round 2: April 29: Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20 TUS Gaelic Grounds; April 30: Cork 0-
  27 Waterford 0-18, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
• Round 3: May 6: Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; May 13: Clare 2-22
  Waterford 0-16, FBD Semple Stadium.
• Round 4: May 21: Clare 2-22 Cork 3-18, Ennis; Tipperary 0-25 Limerick 0-25, FBD
  Semple Stadium.
• Round 5: May 28: Limerick 3-25 Cork 1-30, TUS Gaelic Grounds; Waterford 1-24
  Tipperary 0-21, FBD Semple Stadium.
• Final: June 11: Clare v Limerick

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Preliminary quarter-finals: June 17: Carlow v Dublin; Offaly v Tipperary
• Quarter-finals: June 24: Galway/Kilkenny v Offaly/Tipperary; Clare/Limerick v
  Carlow/Dublin.
• Semi-finals: July 8: Clare/Limerick v quarter-final winners; July 9: Galway/Kilkenny v
  quarter-final winners. Both in Croke Park.
• Final: July 23, Croke Park.

JOE McDONAGH CUP

• Round 1: Kerry 1-26 Down 1-14; Carlow 5-23 Kildare 0-19; Offaly 3-19 Laois 1-22.
• Round 2: April 16: Laois 7-24 Down 0-14; Offaly 2-22 Kildare 3-11; Kerry 0-21
  Carlow 0-21.
• Round 3: April 22: Kerry 1-17 Kildare 0-14; Carlow 1-22 Laois 1-22; Offaly 1-26
  Down 1-15.
• Round 4: May 6/7: Offaly 1-24 Kerry 0-16; Laois 1-23 Kildare 0-11; Carlow 6-23
  Down 0-28.
• Round 5: May 13: Down 1-27 Kildare 3-13; Carlow 1-29 Offaly 0-14; Laois 4-23
  Kerry 0-21
• Final: May 27: Carlow 2-29 Offaly 1-31 aet

CHRISTY RING CUP

• Round 1: April 16: Sligo 2-20 London 1-20; Tyrone 2-20 Derry 2-20; Meath 2-20
  Mayo 0-24.
• Round 2: May 22: Tyrone 2-22 Mayo 1-17; April 23: London 4-17 Meath 1-24;
  Derry 4-27 Sligo 2-13.
• Round 3: April 29: Meath 1-21 Derry 1-19; April 30: London 2-22 Mayo 0-21; Sligo
  0-20 Tyrone 1-16
• Round 4: May 13: Sligo 2-26 Mayo 1-23; Meath 0-28 Tyrone 0-20; May 14: Derry 1-
  30 London 4-19.
• May 20: London 2-28 Tyrone 4-18; Derry 0-30 Mayo 1-11; Meath 0-24 Sligo 0-18.
• Final: June 3: Meath 1-23 Derry 1-21

NICKEY RACKARD CUP

• Round 1: April 16: Wicklow 4-25 Louth 0-13; Armagh 2-24 Roscommon 0-18;
  Donegal 1-21 Fermanagh 0-18.
• Round 2: April 22: Wicklow 1-14 Fermanagh 1-12; Donegal 3-20 Armagh 1-16;
  Roscommon 5-8 Louth 1-17.
• Round 3: April 29: Wicklow 3-28 Armagh 3-8; April 30: Donegal 2-25 Roscommon
  2-16; Louth 3-17 Fermanagh 3-17.
• Round 4: May 13: Armagh 2-18 Fermanagh 2-17; Donegal 2-19 Louth 4-7;
  Wicklow 5-23 Roscommon 2-12.
• Round 5: May 20: Louth 0-27 Armagh 3-14; Wicklow 2-17 Donegal 1-18;
  Roscommon 2-17 Fermanagh 1-18.
• Final: June 3: Wicklow 1-20 Donegal 3-12

LORY MEAGHER CUP

• Round 1: April 15: Lancashire 3-21 Longford 2-17; April 16: Monaghan 1-18
  Leitrim 3-12; Warwickshire 3-15 Cavan 0-22;
• Round 2: April 22/23: Cavan 2-16 Monaghan 0-19; Lancashire 4-15 Leitrim 1-15;
  Longford 2-23 Warwickshire 1-9.
• Round 3: April 29/30: Cavan 3-29 Lancashire 5-9; Monaghan 2-26 Warwickshire
  1-4; Longford 0-12 Leitrim 0-8.
• Round 4: May 13/14: Longford 2-15 Cavan 0-21; Leitrim 2-17 Warwickshire 2-15;
  Monaghan 5-19 Lancashire 3-18.
• Round 5: May 20: Leitrim 2-19 Cavan 2-18; Monaghan 2-16 Longford 0-17;
  Lancashire 5-13 Warwickshire 3-17.
• Final: June 3: Monaghan 3-22 Lancashire 3-20