Munster final ’85 special for JBM

Much of the coverage in the lead-up to Sunday’s Munster senior hurling final between champions Limerick and Cork has related to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

It has come in for a torrent of criticism – from Limerick especially – but that has been unfair, says Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy, a man more familiar with the park than most.

“My first memory is of the first Munster final in ’76 [the year Páirc Uí Chaoimh opened, the football final v Kerry] when there was pandemonium,” he said.