Liam Cahill hit out at online abuse directed at his players after Tipperary’s heavy Munster SHC defeat to Limerick.

The Tipp manager took issue with criticism of his team on anonymous social media accounts as their All-Ireland defence ended with a whimper.

"We all have to be really mindful that these players are amateur players," he told reporters.

"They're getting a fair bit of criticism by a lot of platforms, especially nameless ones which are easy to hide behind.

"Even some nameless platforms that use the Tipperary logo and use titles like 'Premier’ this and ‘Tipperary’ that. Really, they're not Tipperary people. They're a joke, actually.

"I'm really disappointed that our so-called own would revert to that kind of scrutiny of players that put their hand up to play for Tipperary. It just creates a narrative and creates that extra little bit of pressure on us all.

"I'd really love to know these people behind these faceless accounts. Have they child welfare courses done? Garda vetting done? Are they training U10s and U8s in their own clubs? Are they even club members? They're probably not.”

Cahill continued: "I'm not going to be able to stop them saying what they say, but I just ask them to be mindful, especially of their players.

"I don't care what they say or write about me, but just be easy on them boys because they are our players and we need to look after them."

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