John Corcoran ‘was one in a million’

Dr Con Murphy was on the train with John Corcoran after Cork played an All-Ireland senior football semi-final a few years ago. The season doesn’t matter. The memory does.

Corcoran, who died suddenly during the week, was chatting to the team medic when his phone rang. It was this newspaper, looking for results from his home division of Carbery.

Without hesitating, Corcoran reeled off precise results in “20-odd” games at various grades, estimates Murphy. No notes. No consultation.