Cork v Kerry: Staging posts in the death of a rivalry

Five years ago, it wasn’t indifference that stopped Kerry supporters from travelling to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it was dread.

“It’s tough being down in Kerry sometimes with that sort of stuff because Kerry people are so forthcoming with their opinions,” said James O’Donoghue later in 2014. “You ask if they’re going to the game and they’ll say, ‘Nah sure why would I go down to see them get bate?’”