First of all, football was secondary in terms of significance as the teams huddled before the replay of the Cork SFC final on Sunday.

A woman who was wrongly accused of extorting money from a younger pupil as a 15-year-old schoolgirl is now suing her former school and the garda authorities for defamation.

While the sporting rivalry between Cork and Kerry is well-known, the academic stakes were also raised between the two counties yesterday.