A result to lift and relaunch Cork football. Rare occasions are a crowd of 6,223 rattling the hinges of Páirc Uí Rinn in organic celebration at a Cork football victory. Even rarer again are Cork football victories coming along in packs of four. These sort of runs just don’t happen where Cork football is concerned. Cork football being the maddening existence that it is, the hosts very nearly did trip over themselves.

Source: Irish Examiner February 23, 2026 09:45 UTC