'19 years without Liam MacCarthy just doesn’t feel right': Seán Óg urges Cork hurlers to bring home the silverware

'When you grew up in Cork in the 1980s or 1990s, Cork were winning All Ireland’s every few years'

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín with the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2024. The last Cork hurling captain to lift the famous trophy back in 2005 and who is widely remembered for his emotional acceptance speech in Irish, he said he never thought then that it wouldn’t be back in the rebel county for 19-years. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Hurling legend Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has urged the Cork hurlers to seize their moment on Sunday, show stomach for battle, and restore balance to the universe by bringing the Liam MacCarthy cup back to Leeside for the first time in almost two decades.

The last Cork hurling captain to lift the famous trophy back in 2005 and who is widely remembered for his emotional acceptance speech in Irish, he said he never thought then that it wouldn’t be back in the rebel county for 19-years.