Cork’s greatest day in Munster

Unless they win it all in September, the summer of 2017 won’t echo in eternity by Leeside like a ’66 or ’99, but what Kieran Kingston and his players and backroom have already pulled off this year screams of – and demands its own place in – history.

Watching them inside the stewards’ cordon last Sunday, both separated from and yet at one with the surrounding mass of red starting up The Banks, our own thoughts in their fancy took flight and wondered: was this the greatest Munster championship Cork has ever won?

And after scouring through the record books the last day or two, the conclusion is: yes. All things considered, this one tops the lot.