Lethal Lehane lifts Midleton to new heights

You can go back to the glory days of the Cork senior hurling final when the big three dominated, crowds of over 30,000 turning up to see the great players in what Cork people called ‘the little All-Ireland’.

Without doubt the physical exchanges in those games were a lot harder than today, the hurling a lot tougher, some defenders of the era believing a fella might look better without a head.

You’ll still get people in Cork who’ll eulogise about that period, how brilliant it was, the great Christy Ring at the heart of many of those stories.