‘We didn’t have anyone to blame but ourselves’
James Loughrey pondered whether it was worth continuing to play football for Cork. In the days and weeks following their tame championship exit at the hands of Tyrone, last July, retirement heavily weighed on the full-back’s mind.
Between Antrim and Cork, he’d had well over a decade of inter-county service given and, understandably, the appetite to go on for another season wasn’t exactly ravenous, not in the wake of 17- and 16-point thumpings by Kerry and Tyrone, respectively.
