Cork up and running but summer yet to catch fire

Cork 2-23 Clare 1-21: Is nostalgia ever justified?

A word with Greek roots, though not an invention of theirs like democracy and ouzo, it denotes the special pain for somewhere you can never go again.

In yesterday’s Munster SHC clash between Cork and Clare in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, there were passages which provoked just that response. Take the Cork goal, when Patrick Horgan’s eye and touch didn’t betray him as Shane Kingston’s effort drifted wide.