Cork feels value of senior success

Cork’s dramatic draw in the All-Ireland final on Sunday has acted like a booster shot to the GAA within the county.

Administrators may be grappling with a nightmare fixture backlog, but Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s side has captured the imagination of the Cork public, and a rising tide is floating many vessels in the deep south.

Paddy Barry is managing the Glen Rovers minors who face Blackrock in Monday’s Premier I Minor Hurling Championship final. The Cork team’s run has given hurling in the city a shot in the arm, he says, and he can offer concrete evidence.