Even if they had lost to Tipperary in Saturday’s Munster semi-final, Limerick could still have made the Sam Maguire last eight for the first time since 2011 by virtue of their league status.
That 2011 Treaty team have something in common with Cavan in 2013, Armagh in 2014, Kildare in 2015 and Armagh again in 2017 – all reached the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals and all, under the new criteria, would not have been permitted to play in the Sam Maguire qualifiers at all.
In 2011 Limerick were relegated from Division 3. In 2013, Cavan were fifth in Division 3 and lost the Ulster semi-final to Monaghan. The following year, Armagh lost the Ulster semi-final to Monaghan in a replay before going to the last eight, losing by a point to Donegal.
In 2015, Kildare were bottom of Division 2 and lost in Leinster to Dublin; in 2017, Armagh missed out on promotion from Division 3 and lost the first round in Ulster but also made it to Croker.
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