[1][2] Promotion to the senior side followed, with both Quaid brothers heavily involved as Limerick surprised Clare to win the 1955 Munster Championship.
[citation needed] The Quaid surname has been synonymous with Limerick hurling for nearly 70 years.
Jim Quaid's nephew, Tommy, was also a Munster Championship-winner as goalkeeper with the Limerick team between 1976 and 1993.
His son, Joe Quaid, immediately took over as goalkeeper and also won Munster Championship medals in a decade-long career.
[4] Jim Quaid died at University Hospital Limerick on 25 March 2021, aged 89.