Briege over troubled water

Briege Corkery was in New Zealand when she heard the news.

Norma Kelly, former Cork player and cousin of current midfielder Norita, was on the other end of the telephone line. Corkery thought Norma was having a laugh, but the news was true. Cork had lost to Tyrone in the quarter-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship. The dream of six-in-a-row was over.

That was August 2010 and Cork haven’t lost a championship game since. The response has been emphatic.