CORK DOUBLE 1990: ‘A mighty assignment but not an unattainable dream’

Long-serving county secretary Frank Murphy wasn’t gazing into a crystal ball when he sat down to prepare his annual report for the 1989 County Board Convention.

And, he wasn’t so bold as to predict that the county could achieve the All-Ireland double the following year. But, he suggested the feat was not impossible.

The context was a reminder that in 1990 they would be celebrating the centenary of the twin All-Ireland victories of Aghabullogue in hurling and Midleton in football in 1890.