The criticism didn’t just come from the written press as one panellist on Channel 12 television’s Morning News show on Monday added: “The hypocrisy of the Irish is unbelievable."

“We had such a colourful community of people,” he says. “Lovely old people, neighbours we leaned on and of course the nosy ones who would peek out the window and tell on you if you did anything. There was so much interaction.

Champions in 2024 and last year’s runners-up, Aghada have returned to the summit of Cork’s senior A grade and deservedly so.

In the 55-year history of the All-Ireland Club SFC, 28 the winners champions didn’t retain their county title that same season

Kilshannig will take on St Catherine’s in the final, who were scintillating in their own semi-final win over Barryroe.

With 11 minutes of normal time to play, the Barrs trailed by four points but they outgunned Kanturk 1-9 to 0-3 at a crucial stage of the game

Three goals in four minutes in the opening half had Peter O’Sullivan’s charges home and dry against West Kerry

The 19-year-old underlined his Ballon d’Or credentials with a fine curling effort from the edge of the box in the sixth minute.

Several thrived in that adversity, none more so than Conor O’Tighearnaigh, Josh Ericson and Todd Lawlor, while Caspar Gabriel and Fintan Gunne have a better understanding of running a game from the get-go.

Coachford’s moment of glory arrived when Mark Murphy threaded a neat ball into space for Cialan O’Sullivan, who rifled a magnificent finish into the corner to hand the AUL side the lead once again on 76 minutes

Despite some first half gumption from the South Kerry men, Crokes showed their class in a second half that was one way traffic

Teenager Katie Desmond starred for Gaultier, scoring 1-1

Dad Peter, the Munster and Ireland legend, was quickest off the mark to dial her number for a congratulatory call.

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This, after all, is the club that contested six county finals in the eight seasons from 2014-21. From such concluding Sunday consistency to complete vanishment from the month of October is quite the downward swing

Row sparked by head coach’s decision to leave the 41-year-old on the bench has left a great international career at risk of ending in acrimony

Galway GAA is mourning the death of one of the players who led the way in the 1970s for the modern day revival of hurling in the county.

With howling wind, downpours of rain and glorious sunshine all prevalent at times, Hammies came good down the stretch to topple this Coachford side