Ronan McCarthy: Invaluable lessons mean Cork will gain from the pain

Injuries, black cards, controversial wides, outstanding individual displays, a premature final whistle; this game had it all.
Mayo had been involved in an epic match in Limerick in 2014 with the All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay against Kerry but few travelling down from the West of Ireland could have anticipated another game of similar stature in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening.