Yet such is the situation Munster find themselves in with two games of the regular season remaining, the veteran back-rower and former captain knows helping his team produce the necessary performance to bring a vital URC victory is the most meaningful way for him to sign off on a 15-year reign at the famous Limerick stadium. “I’m not going to say I haven't thought about it but the position that we have ourselves in, performance is paramount,” O’Mahony said this week. “I know it's going to be an emotional evening. I've had some great memories there and it's a place that’s very special to me. “And the most important way for me to finish there is by winning there. It's important for the club for us to win at the weekend as well so, yeah, I’ve certainly thought about it but you always bring it back to the weekend, don't you? As for Thomond Park, where he first played for Munster the day after his 21st birthday, replacing James Coughlan in the win over Ospreys on September 18, 2010, O’Mahony said: “I have some great memories from it, and they'll always stand to me. "I’ve some awful memories which will probably stand to me as much, but that's the game we play. That’s sport, but I'm very grateful for what that stadium has given to me. “Friends, memories, important stuff. I'm very grateful for, as you’ve heard me say already, I've been very lucky in my career with the people I've played alongside and have helped me and what the fans have given to me in there is second to none. "I will 100 per cent miss it. I'm sure I'll be sitting here next year watching guys go out, be it for Munster or for Ireland, and have that sick feeling of not being there. "But there's parts of it I won't miss as well. It's tough, like, and it gets harder when you're a bit older as well. There's a lot of stuff to do and a lot of pressure on the provinces and Ireland, not just here. Obviously international is a different animal again. "It's a lot of pressure and it will be nice to not have that pressure for a period as well.” Asked whether that pressure was applied internally or externally, or was a product of representing a home province or Ireland, O’Mahony said: "It's all of the above. It's the fact that you're from here. I'll always back that that means more to you. "If you're from somewhere, if you've grown up there supporting the team and seeing them win and lose and knowing the environment, knowing the people, how passionate they are about it - across the provinces, not just in Munster - it brings a lot of responsibility and pressure on you regardless. "And with the model we have here in Munster and in the provinces, we have to generate our own players and as a result there's pressure on every group. We've all been successful at different points which means between us and the fans and coaches, we're all looking for success, all of us, and again with that pressure and that responsibility. "It's a lot to have on your plate but at the same time you look back on days like La Rochelle (last month) or back to that Wasps game (in 2021) when we had loads of players stuck in South Africa, games like that stand out to you. They're ones we kind of do it all for.” With so many experiences to look back on and seasons under the bridge, the 35-year-old is still grappling with the concept of this being his swansong. "It's still weird. You know, every time I've finished a season I've had the next one to look forward to and there's plenty of disappointment but you go away, clear the head and get yourself right body-wise, get back into a pre-season then. "But I don't have that now so I'd be lying if I said it wasn't weird. It is a strange feeling but I've been very, very lucky injury-wise, selection-wise. "I've grown up around probably better rugby players than me but I figured out a way to get myself picked. I've won a fair bit, which I look back on with huge fond memories. "Our (honours) board upstairs (at the High Performance Centre) has my name all over it for different reasons and I know at times you look at it and go 'fuck it' or whatever but I'm sure when I step back from it, it will mean a huge amount to me, all those things. "So I do consider myself very lucky at the same time… I'm hugely proud. I'm sure I'll think back and I do have regrets but everything I did was for a good cause and was for both here and for Ireland to get better, and particularly here the work rate you have to put in to get the place in as best shape as you can, you nearly have to be all over everything. "And I remember Paul (O’Connell) was saying that to me about different things, you think that it's not on you to be involved in but it is because you're from here. So it's a big workload, it's a lot of pressure but some of the stuff out there I'm very proud of to leave behind.”