Sheehan gets title holders up and running

CORK got the defence of their Munster minor football championship title off to the best possible start at the Gaelic Grounds last night, inflicting a three goal defeat on Limerick in a one sided first round tie.

There will be tougher games ahead for Cork, but new coach Michael Slocum will be pleased with the efforts of his charges who were always on top and never looked like losing.

The visitors served notice of their intentions early when Ciaran Sheehan soloed 50 metres before kicking a splendid point a minute in. Limerick’s cause wasn’t helped by the loss of wing back Loren Kelly with a leg injury in the same sequence of play, but the powerfully built Cormac Joyce-Power levelled the game with a point in the sixth minute.