Here is the traditional narrative as we usually understand it at this time of year.

Memories of Castlehaven’s 1994 Cork SFC county final win over arch rivals O’Donovan Rossa are still fresh in the participants’ minds.

Beara GAA is to hold a review today in Scoil Phobail Bhéara with a view to “re-energising” people about Gaelic football in the area.

West Cork are through to the Cork ladies SFC final after their win over Éire Óg at Cloughduv last night.

You come up past the church on your left (St Fachtna’s, open) and the pub (Murphy’s, closed) and sweep down past the arts centre, and you are in the Adrigole GAA grounds suddenly.

Three goals in as many second half minutes earned Kanturk victory at the expense of Castletownbere in an error-strewn Cork PIFC first round replay at Ballingeary yesterday.

A selection of Cork hurlers are looking at four games in 10 days if the county progresses to the Allianz League final.

AN ENTIRE holiday home complex under the Caha mountains, on 10 waterfronting acres next door to movie maker and writer Neil Jordan’s West Cork hideaway, has come for sale, trading exceptionally well thanks to new management and the boost of the Wild Atlantic Way.

Mourneabbey claimed their fifth Cork Ladies SFC county title in a row after yesterday’s replay with West Cork at Cloughduv.

40 years after coaching a local minor combination to an historic first county title, John Fintan Daly is still fighting the good fight for football. At the weekend, Knocknagree celebrated their All-Ireland JFC success, but their manager’s not done yet, writes Tony Leen

The Cork footballers will enjoy a seven-week run-in to their Munster SFC semi-final on June 3.

This 1950s-built cottage is set against a mountainous background, writes Trish Dromey. 

Cork GAA chiefs will seek an explanation from Beara GAA regarding a series of controversial tweets sent from the account of the divisional board this month.

When Michael Moynihan heard that one of Ireland’s remotest GAA clubs had put together an account of its last 70 years, he set out to find Declan O’Sullivan - the man who wrote it.

Glengarriff’s Darragh McElhinney’s will be one of the stars at the Irish Life Health All-Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships in Mallusk, Co Antrim, today.

Delegates at tonight’s first Cork County Board meeting of the year will be asked to vote on proposed changes to the county junior A hurling, junior A football and U21 football championships, but Freemount are leading objections due to misgivings over the process employed.

A Beara Peninsula home offers privacy and luxury in a prized coastal setting, writes Tommy Barker.

Glen Rovers’ quest for a third Cork SHC title in a row will begin against Bride Rovers in the 2017 preliminary round.

Beara is currently paying tribute to John Kingerlee, perhaps the greatest of the

Captain Bryan Sheehan starts at right half-forward as one of two changes to the Kerry side for Sunday’s Allianz FL Division 1 final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Cork County Council will not investigate claims that a number of people were removed from the electoral register in West Cork, as the onus remains on voters to ensure they are registered.

Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston is set to finalise his backroom team with the likely addition of Frank Flannery as a coach.

O’Donovan Rossa 2-15 Bishopstown 1-10 (Cork SFC quarter-final): O’Donovan Rossa’s opening round defeat to Bishopstown was “a blessing in disguise”, reflected manager Shane Crowley in the aftermath of Saturday’s successful revenge mission in Dunmanway.

Eamonn Ryan’s Cork remain on course for a tenth TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football crown in eleven seasons.

O’Donovan Rossa 2-11 Beara 0-8 (Cork SFC): If the outcome of this fourth-round clash was ever truly in doubt, then one sweeping passage of play on 41 minutes laid to rest all uncertainty.

Cork PIFC: Castletownbere 3-12 Naomh Abán 2-6

Cork County Board favours the possible introduction of “a second competition” for weaker counties in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after their participation at provincial level has come to an end.

SFC (Divisions/Colleges) second round, UCC v Beara, Dunmanway, 8pm

Cork football champions Ballincollig open the defence of their first title with a repeat of their opening fixture in this year’s competition.

Come back and write another chapter, Daphne. That’s what Victoria White kept thinking as she stared in horror at the security fencing which now surrounds the Puxley Mansion outside Castletownbere. She explains why.

U14 Premier 1 football final: Beara 5-8 Éire Óg 3-7

IT’S OFTEN been said that we have a lot in common — Hollywood hunk Colin Farrell and I. Apart from the obvious similarities — the simmering intensity, the brooding good looks and the sheer natural talent — we have another thing in common after my recent visit to the scenic Beara Peninsula in West Cork.

Beara 0-15 Seandún 1-17

GLENINCHAQUIN WALK, BEARA PENINSULA, CO KERRY