“On the way to the hotel in Killiney, the team bus dropped me close enough to Croke Park to see the Kerry game. And we played average enough on the day.”Yet in the context of previous Septembers it was one of the most deserved All-Irelands and as the years have passed the stock of that Cork team has clearly risen. “People say, ‘Oh, you should have won more’ but winning All-Irelands doesn’t come easy to Cork footballers. “But I still think that period was the most successful that Cork senior footballers have ever had. Scorers for Cork: Daniel Goulding 0-9 (4 frees, 3 45s), Donncha O’Connor 0-5 (3 frees), Paul Kerrigan, Ciarán Sheehan 0-1 each.

Source: Irish Examiner September 19, 2020 06:30 UTC