We really did. We thought we were witnessing the ending of a dynasty, the crumbling of an empire.
Surely Dublin couldn’t let this one slip again. They had been nine points clear of Cork in Birr last year in the All-Ireland quarter-final but Cork hit 1-10 without reply to sneak over the line.
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