Liam Sheedy: For Cork and Tipp, character is one thing, but consistency is everything

The games can swing wildly and there are often twists and turns before matters are decided.

JOYOUS SCENCES: Tipperary's Bobby Ryan mobbed at the final whistle. Pic: ©INPHO/

We were all reared on the Munster Championship and my most vivid memories of going to matches are full of Tipp v Cork. I could nearly trace out the eighties in Tipp v Cork, despair and eventually joy. The atmosphere at the games between the sets of supporters was always electric. But even when Cork were having the better of things, you sensed a wonderful mutual respect between the counties.

I was on the bank in 1987 for the famous victory in Killarney, carried along in wild waves of jubilation as the crowd shifted 10 yards or more after a Tipperary goal. I can still nearly feel the vibrations of that outburst of pure joy when Richie Stakelum climbed the steps.