This Allianz Hurling League Division 1A game in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday evening went true to form, with holders Cork easily qualifying for an Easter Sunday final against Limerick. Attracting another healthy attendance of 19,653 to Leeside, it was an evening when a comfortable 12-point interval gap translated into an eventual 24-point margin, … Read more
Cork hurling manager Ben O’Connor is exactly where he wants to be. After unearthing a few new faces during the league, there is a Division 1A final against Limerick to look forward to. “They are the best team in the country for the last 10 years,” he says of the Shannonsiders. “It will be a … Read more
Cork 1-19 Wexford 2-13 Subs proved to be the difference as the Cork minors edged out Wexford in an entertaining challenge match at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. A late scoring burst from Sam McCarthy, Hugo Raftery, and Bobby Power got Donal Mulcahy’s side over the line after the visitors fought back to go in front … Read more
Cork 6-26 Offaly 0-20 Twenty-four points separated the sides in the end as Cork advanced to the final of the Allianz Hurling League with victory over Offaly at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night. Having gone 27 years without the league title before last year’s win, Ben O’Connor’s side now have a chance to go … Read more
Limerick 2-27 Galway 0-31 Limerick will host Cork in the league final on Easter Sunday at 4pm after a cracker at TUS Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night. The favourites for All-Ireland glory were immense at times and led by 11 points at one stage of the second half. They looked at their brilliant best in … Read more
Cork manager John Cleary has made no changes for his side’s final Allianz Division 2 Football League game of the regular season. O’Neills Healy Park in Omagh is the venue on Sunday for Cork’s battle against Tyrone with a start time of 1.15pm. The Rebels are in the promotion spots going into the last day … Read more
Ciarán Joyce has been chosen at full-back for Cork’s concluding regular-season Allianz HL Division 1A game with Offaly on Saturday night. For the SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh clash (7pm), Ben O’Connor and his selectors have made seven changes in personnel from the defeat away to Limerick a fortnight ago. While Joyce is one of the … Read more
As Cork go to Tyrone this weekend knowing that a win would secure promotion from Division 2 of the Allianz FL and a place in the top flight for the first time in a decade, they will seek to harness the spirit of 2009. While it might seem strange for an All-Ireland SFC semi-final win … Read more
At the time it was routine, almost like an annual pilgrimage – not the one that the Cork GAA public fully wanted – but they had still become well accustomed to that regular trek to league finals at the end of April and the start of May. After winning the Division 2 football title in … Read more
First-time Sigerson Cup winners UL dominate the Electric Ireland Team of the Year with seven spots while runners-up UCC earned four spaces, including Clonakilty’s Dan Peet and Carbery Rangers’ Ciarán Santry. Carbery Rangers’ Conor Twomey tackling Clonakilty’s Dan Peet. Picture: Denis Boyle The line-up for the Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Stars Football Team … Read more