Larry Tompkins was physically so far ahead of the rest of the Cork panel at his first training session that he thought his new teammates were going easy to make him feel welcome.

From Kildare to New York, from Castlehaven to Cork, an exclusive two-part podcast celebrating Larry Tompkins' induction into the GAA's Hall of Fame, the first Cork footballer to receive the honour.

You have crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a ship to Ireland. You are tired and hungry and desperate to deliver your expensive cargo to port.

Clonakilty are through to the last eight in the Cork SFC thanks to 1-point victory over West Cork rivals O’Donovan Rossa in Castlehaven this afternoon.

After Cork’s 16-point shellacking at the hands of Tyrone in O’Moore Park 12 months ago, Ronan McCarthy stood defiantly in the tunnel and declared he knew the way forward.

Martin Brennan was the toast of Fermoy as he landed an injury-time winner to secure victory over Castlehaven at Brinny yesterday.

Superb, controlled football from a rampant Nemo side who turned in their best performance of the season to tear Valley Rovers to pieces in this one-sided Cork SFC opening round tie in Pairc Ui Rinn Saturday night.

The last man to lead Duhallow to a Cork senior football title has robustly defended the involvement of divisional teams in the county championship.

Castlehaven and Duhallow must do it all over again after extra-time failed to separate them in an epic semi-final replay played in Páirc Uí Rinn last night. Duhallow had looked to have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when Knocknagree’s Anthony O’Connor goaled in the 82nd minute to give his side a 2-15 to 1-17 lead.

We’re used to seeing Harry Redknapp inside a car, usually rolling down the window as someone from Sky Sports approaches with microphone in hand to find out about his latest bit of wheeling and dealing on transfer deadline day.

The dynamic of their relationship has changed. The pendulum has moved back up the N71.

The Castlehaven wildflower show was displaying in glorious Technicolor last Sunday, only better than any camera lens or Photoshop could contrive, writes Damien Enright. 

A blend of history and tradition plus a more relaxed approach to racing will all be part of next week’s Cantor Fitzgerald Glandore Classics that is on course for a record entry at its 25th edition.

THE medal awarded to Cork-born Private Michael Minihan — one of the defenders of Rorke’s Drift mission station during the Zulu War in 1879 — comes up at auction in London on December 8.

Country came to town last Sunday as a tourist town celebrated its new streetscape after months of upheaval due to resurfacing and drainage works.

Cork legend Niall Cahalane believes the county’s Munster SFC semi-final defeat to Tipperary on Sunday had been “coming down the tracks”.

Cork 2-15 Monaghan 1-16: In an otherwise forgettable spring for Cork football, the county’s U21’s have been a breath of fresh air.

Cork football management had to go “cap in hand” to several clubs when seeking a pitch for training during the first two months of the year, selector Eoin O’Neill has revealed.

It must be hard keeping up with the Joneses down around West Cork’s chi-chi Castletownshend. 

Many a campaign was plotted in the front room of John and Maureen McNamara’s house on Shamrock Hill in Clonmel, many a victory celebrated, many a defeat mourned, many a cup of tea shared over the years on good footballing days and bad.

It took Castlehaven, and many observers, by surprise when Nemo Rangers operated a sweeper in the drawn Cork final last month. Indeed Haven’s selector James McCarthy made a point of mentioning it after the game.

Steven O’Brien reckoned the Nemo Rangers performance rated around 6/10.

Nemo Rangers 5-11 St Nick’s 0-3 (Cork SFC quarter-final): Nemo Rangers may not be favourites to lift the Andy Scannell Cup this year, but this Steven O’Brien-coached, Trabeg side were strutting their stuff like champions-elect at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Former Cork footballer Micheál ‘Haulie’ O’Sullivan believes John Cleary is the “best man” for the vacant Cork manager’s post.

Niall Cahalane looks around the Cork football dressing room and offers insights into what made them men of history

Castlehaven 2-12 Clyda Rovers 0-9: Several factors combined to produce this emphatic victory for Castlehaven in Saturday evening’s Cork SFC first-round game in Carrigadrohid - primarily a significant second-half improvement which yielded two goals inside the opening ten minutes.

The detective, who is heading up the investigation into the murder of Cork nurse Karen Buckley, has thanked the Irish public for their support, plans to cut unemployed people’s welfare payments for not paying their water charge bills have been criticised and three things we learned from Barca v Bayern. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The GAA community in Castlehaven and Cork has been left shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Michael Burns, a member of the 1989 All-Ireland SFC-winning panel.

An Irish woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed in a car crash in Poland, President Michael D Higgins has lead a commemoration ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, Joan Burton has defended plans to deduct Irish Water bills from wages and Irish sporting personality Arthur Spring has died. Catch up with this evening’s top and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Cork 1-15 Dublin 0-16

The Battle of Kinsale in 1601 was the highlight of a three-month siege of Spanish forces in the town and ended their hopes of conquest. Tom Hickey takes a look at a new book on this landmark moment in Irish history.

A return to UCC to sit his Masters, succumbing to Billy Morgan’s persistent nature, collecting a Sigerson Cup winners medal against the odds and a two month stint in Boston kicking ball — all in all, it’s been a hectic 12 months for Brian Shanahan.

Cork SFC quarter-final

Of the Kerry team which began the drawn All-Ireland semi-final with Mayo, eight had played Sigerson Cup football for UCC.

A new lifeboat service went ‘live’ yesterday in a fishing village touched by one of the worst sea tragedies of recent years.

Former Cork football stars Tony and Don Davis will watch their sons on opposite sides tomorrow as Douglas battle O’Donovan Rossa.