Cork’s rich pickings at Piarsaigh

CORK’S famous hurling nursery, Na Piarsaigh, celebrated its 60th anniversary last Friday.

Tomorrow at Croke Park the proud Northsiders will be represented by four players, the Ó hAilpín brothers, Sean Óg and Setanta, John Gardiner and Mark Prendergast the largest complement of players the club have ever contributed to a Cork senior hurling team on All-Ireland final day.

Donal 'Fox' Sheehan, of the victorious 1966 squad, was the first to wear red in senior championship hurling. Roger Tuohy was at midfield in the 1969 final and Tony O'Sullivan earned winners medals in 1984, '86 and '90.