No time for Cork ‘recrimination’

THERE was a mood of doom in Cork hurling circles after the county’s heavy defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday last, a mood darkened when witnessing Tipperary’s awesome display in Sunday’s demolition of Waterford in the Munster final.

What hope for the future, was the common question in Cork city and county, how far back have we slipped? Straighten up, says Eamon O’Donoghue, a member of the last great Cork team, the three-in-a-row side of the late 70s.

“This is no time for recrimination, for destructive talk,” said the man who captained his club, Blackrock, to two All-Ireland club titles.