Cork v Limerick: Darragh Fitzgibbon keenly aware of rivalry

“I think if you arrive down in Charleville you'll see as much Limerick flags as you will Cork flags. We probably haven't given the Cork people as much opportunity to raise those flags as the Limerick people have in the last couple of seasons."

PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for May Cork hurler Darragh Fitzgibbon, second from left, and PwC GPA Player of the Month for May, Waterford camogie player Beth Carton, second from right, with PwC partner Declan Maunsell, GAA President Jarlath Burns, and GPA CEO Tom Parsons, at PwC offices in Cork. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Growing up in Charleville, Darragh Fitzgibbon is exposed to the Cork-Limerick rivalry at its most acute.

Teaching in Ballyhea, the midfielder still lives in his native border parish – indeed, he acknowledges, “That's up for debate!” when asked if the family home is actually in Limerick county.