Taylor to show off skills in Millstreet

Over the decades, Cork has been a powerhouse of women’s sport.

In individual sports there was the peerless Sonia O’Sullivan and Derval O’Rourke; in team sports there’s been the all-conquering ladies’ football team, along with the camogie teams of previous years, not to mention hockey, basketball etc.

Conspicuous by its absence, however, a senior champion in women’s boxing, surprising even Katie Taylor, gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympics.