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Talking Points: Everything has changed, Cork are alive and on fire again

Images of what Seánie O’Leary, Jimmy Barry-Murphy and John Fitzgibbon used to regularly do came flooding back.
Patrick Horgan of Cork scores his side's fourth goal during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4 match between Tipperary and Cork at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Patrick Horgan of Cork scores his side's fourth goal during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4 match between Tipperary and Cork at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Cork evoke memories of what it used to be like 

Whenever the Cork hurlers are in full flow, when their tails are up and their confidence is flowing, when the crowd are buzzing and crackling with excitement and expectation, the players have always been able to plug into that electricity and turn into an irresistible and irrepressible force.

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