sentences:  Bennis made his senior debut during the 1965-66 league at a time when Limerick hurling was in the doldrums.Limerick contested five successive league deciders between 1970 and 1974, with success coming in 1971.A narrow 3-12 to 3-11 defeat of old rivals Tipperary, when Bennis scoring a last-second free to win the game, gave him a National Hurling League medal.