Trevor Hogan is a Tipperary man. His background is rugby. On those two counts, some may disqualify him from commenting on the defeat of his county but they shouldn’t.

In February of last year, Kerry were chasing a late equalising point against Dublin in their opening Division 1 game in Croke Park when Aidan O’Mahony fell to the ground in the hope of persuading David Coldrick to award him a free.

So will Kerry be deigned an unstoppable juggernaut, the phrase so often ascribed to Dublin, after matching on Sunday their rival’s 28-point record-winning margin for the 2015 championship?

By now, you know the cold, hard facts about one of the most jarring weekends for Cork GAA. 

Our exchange of salutations with Conor McCarthy in Killarney on Saturday was a brief one. 

After two days of such turnover and upheaval, John Fogarty looks on those who have left us and those who remain.

Ask Paudie Butler to discuss the ciotógs on the current Tipperary team and he can’t but mention the recently departed Jimmy Doyle.

“To rock up” is one of those great new verbs. It came to mind watching Bryan Sheehan approach each of the five frees he kicked on Sunday.

An old religion teacher of ours sure knew how to make an introduction. 

Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is an avid GAA fan. He is also the Minister of State for Equality among other titles.