The Kieran Shannon interview: Catching just a glimpse of Cork’s potential

A year ago, Cork county board coaching officer Kevin O’Donovan circulated a 25-point blueprint for the future of Cork GAA.

To some, it was mutiny, but O’Donovan just wanted people to see a wider picture beyond their own self-interest. Many see the hurling renaissance as lessening the urgency for change but this Clonakilty farmer believes Cork have still just scratched the surface of its potential.

He didn’t go away, you know. Just because Cork hurling is back doesn’t mean he disappeared and that all of the county’s challenges and flaws vanished with him and his famous document.