Seán Óg: I had to pinch myself when picked

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín admits he had to pinch himself after he was selected to start last Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Waterford.

The 35-year-old honestly felt he was never going to start another game for Cork with Jimmy-Barry Murphy banking primarily on youth. However, in Thurles he made his first championship start in almost two years after being dropped from the panel last season and overlooked for a first team spot in Cork’s three previous games this summer.

“Ideally, it would have been great to have kind of started previous ones but it’s the system that Cork have been going with this year,” he said.