Fear of not performing fired up Corkery

For three weeks, Briege Corkery had to digest the unfamiliar taste of defeat at headquarters but the Cork dual star has admitted Sunday’s victory over Kerry in the All-Ireland Ladies football final made up for the county’s loss to Wexford in the camogie equivalent.

To an extent, anyway.

The St Val’s defender admitted in the run-up to Sunday’s football showpiece that the regrets of having underperformed against the Slaneysiders would never wash away in their entirety but claiming the Brendan Martin Cup for a seventh time isn’t inconsiderable consolation.