O’Connor: Three wins from seven will do us just fine

Before you go drawing parallels between now and the last time Cork ventured so much into Ulster for league action, Donncha O’Connor will stop you in your tracks, writes John Fogarty.

What followed the spring trips to Monaghan, Tyrone and Derry later in 2010 was an All-Ireland. Some in the camp pointed afterwards to the merit of those journeys north where they claimed two wins from three on the way to annexing a Division 1 title.

This season will see Cork head to Ulster for four of their seven games. The three aforementioned counties will again be visited as well as Donegal over the space of eight weeks, involving a considerable 3,319km total of round trips to Castleblayney, Ballyshannon, Omagh’s Healy Park and Derry’s Celtic Park. For those in West Cork, add another 500km, give or take.