The old ones are the best ...

Or are they? As Cork gear up for Sunday’s All-Ireland three-in-a-row bid, our writers spoke to three heroes from the 1976-78 Rebel hat-trick, and discovered things were a lot different back then.

Wed, 30 Aug, 2006 - 01:00

1978 (John Horgan, Blackrock defender)

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