For all the big crowds and big names that will descend upon his home place in the coming days, you may not have heard about Pat Duffy’s premature passing last weekend.

So, it finally ignited.

ust like her brother Anthony, Rosie Foley has always been a leader, captaining Munster and playing for her country. She even swam the English Channel last week ahead of the women’s rugby World Cup.

It’s all about time. Anthony Daly knows it.

Maybe now he’ll make it onto the Good Wall.

Sometimes like in boxing there are matchups that the hurling public craves but doesn’t get.

It’s hard not to get nostalgic as a Cork person in a week such as this, but it doesn’t necessarily mean getting all romantic either.

Mickey Ned O’Sullivan was the first footballer to score a goal in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and all going well was meant to be coaching the Kerry minors on the last day the old ground hosted a Munster football final as well.

For fans over a certain age following a World Cup, you’re never really watching just that World Cup.

Turns out he can’t get everything right.