Can Cork’s finest stop the Kingdom from ruling again?

It should come as no surprise that Kerry’s dominance over Cork at minor level is mirrored on the schools front.

The Kingdom minors romped to a fifth consecutive Munster crown last July, with a significant volume of players from these teams drawn from the two Kerry schools, Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne and St Brendan’s, Killarney, who have shared the last six Corn Uí Mhuirí titles.

Cork was not represented in either the Munster or Corn Uí Mhuirí finals in 2017. The stats do not make for pleasant reading. Just one Munster title (2010) in the past 10 years and one Corn Uí Mhuirí triumph (Coláiste Chríost Rí, 2011) in the past 11 years.