Mismatch a catastrophe for shell-shocked Cork

YOU will have no problem identifying the Cork people in your vicinity today.

Mon, 09 Aug, 2010 - 01:00
Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

They’re the ones stumbling, hollow-eyed and shell-shocked, from yesterday’s events in Croke Park.

The term ‘match’ seems a bit generous for what happened, which could handily be described with a do-it-yourself kit containing the words mauling, Cats and again.

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