Colm Coyle's All-Ireland semi finalists of 2007, provide the opposition in the round one qualifier in the GAA football All-Ireland senior championship. Ahead of the game, Mickey Ned O'Sullivan and selectors have added three players to their squad that suffered heartbreak against Cork in the provincial semi final last month.
All three were members of this season's county U21 squad - Philip Corrigan (Macroom, formerly of Granagh-Ballingarry), Jimmy Barry Murphy (Ballylanders) and Michael McCormack (Crecora).
Corrigan and Murphy both played when a weakened Limerick faced an understrength Wexford in a challenge game last week.
"Meath are established championship campaigners, but if we beat them we will be well placed," said Limerick manager, Mickey Ned O'Sullivan of the qualifier draw.
"Meath would be familiar to everyone and we know what we have to beat. They feel that they were caught on the hop against Wexford, but we feel that we were caught on the hop against Cork," said the Limerick boss.
Fr Casey's midfielder Thomas Cahill is ruled out of the tie against the Royal County with a broken finger, while doubts surround his Abbeyfeale club-mate Padraig Browne, who injured his hamstring last weekend when playing for Tournafulla. Jim O'Donovan and Ger Collins are also receiving treatment for hamstring strains, but it is hoped that both will be ok.
"We will be up for it," vowed Mickey Ned.
However, he points out that preparations for the July 19 clash are on hold until after this weekend's round of county championship matches.
"A clear run at it would be great, but we cant get serious until after the weekend."
O'Sullivan now believes that he has a stronger squad than ever at his disposal.
"We are building up the strength of our bench - with the injuries we have had this year, it would have been a disaster had it happened last year," he pointed out.
"We learned a lot from the league, because with all the injuries we had to try players and that helped to build up the strength of our squad. All these lads will be bloodied and will benefit from the exposure."
Limerick have taken much from the heartbreak of their last gasp defeat to the Rebels.
"They now know that they are as good as what is around," said the manager of the late late loss to last year's All-Ireland finalists.
"They are beginning to believe that they can be a serious team - I think it is only a matter of time before Limerick make a break through."
He added: "A good result against Meath is very important".
However, the qualifiers have not been kind to Limerick.
"In the qualifiers last year we were beaten by a last minute point and the year before that we were beaten by a last minute point," recalled Mickey Ned O'Sullivan.