Goalie catches bride’s heart

CELEBRATION is the last thing on the minds of Cork’s footballers, but the panel put the heartbreak of last week’s All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry behind them at the weekend as they gathered for the love-match of goalie Alan Quirke to his long-time girlfriend Christina O’Leary.

Alan, who is a member of the Defence Forces, tied the knot with Christina at the Garrison Church of St Michael, Collins Barracks, Cork, on Saturday.

The wedding was attended by a host of GAA stars including Anthony Lynch, Paul Kerrigan and Alan’s best man Owen Sexton. Star hurler Sean Óg O hAilpín who, when asked to get his picture taken with a line up of glamorous ladies, joked that it was a “single ladies” shot and he wouldn’t want to get in the way.