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As a boy growing up I remember Cork as the dominant force in hurling: the county with the most All Ireland titles in every grade. Hurling and Cork were synonymous, not unlike Kilkenny today. I was raised on stories of Ring, JBM and Fenton. Back then, Cork county finals were attended by hurling men the length and breadth of Ireland. Adrian85 (Dublin) - Posts: 9 - 03/07/2015 08:41:41 1746771 Link 0 |
Did Cork not go within a Hail Mary shot from a corner back in injury time from winning an AI in 2013. woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 03/07/2015 09:14:57 1746794 Link 0 |
What has happened to Cork hurling?? ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 03/07/2015 11:58:59 1746932 Link 0 |
I think the whole demise of Cork hurling is laregly over exaggerated. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 03/07/2015 12:06:17 1746935 Link 0 |
To some extent I would be concerned however Rochestown and Hammies had good harty cup runs. Cork beat limerick in the munster minor championship already. Cork lose one provincial game and their out. Limerick have lost one provincial game and their in a munster final.This structure needs to be revise for minors and development of young players. Cork were missing their marquee forward for this game. The are of course areas of concern like the poor standard of the senior club championship. I think the big problem is the lack of promotion of Gaelic Games in primary schools. Children in Cork are exposed to Gaelic Games by their parents or not at all. This goes back to my point in previous thread about the unparalleled work the clergy put into sport and education in this country The_Bull (Cork) - Posts: 248 - 03/07/2015 13:00:08 1746978 Link 0 |
The-Bull....spot on on all points posted. The minor situ a travesty and a kick in the teeth to young lad's eaglehaslanded (Cork) - Posts: 135 - 04/07/2015 11:05:23 1747286 Link 0 |
Well we are still alive but I'm not overly impressed. First half obviously went well but in fairness Wexford were terrible in that half. Their first touch wasn't even junior standard. Second half Wexford upped it and all Cork's frailties came to the fore. They pulled men back all over the field and went over 20 minutes without scoring. Lehane came to rescue with 2 late points but overall it was a nervy poor 2nd half performance. Would KK or Tipp have struggled like that, not on your nellie, they would have buried Wexford. I'm glad we are still there whilst there's life there's hope, and hope is all we have. corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 04/07/2015 20:41:56 1747508 Link 0 |
I "watched" it on the radio. Can't understand Wexford's decision to play against the breeze in the 1st half. You take advantage in anyway you can when you can. As to the topic of the thread I remember hearing a discussion on Cork hurling about 10 years ago and the forecast was made then that the slow demise of the city clubs Barrs, Glens and Rockies would ultimately reflect on the county team. Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1060 - 04/07/2015 21:02:15 1747522 Link 0 |