How fickle hand of fortune changed the course of Cork-Kilkenny history

For decades it was regarded as the classic All-Ireland final pairing. Leeside versus Noreside, red and white versus black and amber. The three-parter of 1931 which brought hurling to the attention of the nation.

The thunder and lightning of 1939 as the world went to war again. The fabled showdown of 1947.