The Double 30 years on - Part 6: 'That's the worst I've ever seen, I'm outta here'

Denis Walsh catches Tipperary's Nicky English in the nose during the 1990 Munster Hurling final. Picture: James Meehan/INPHO

To celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Cork's double of All-Ireland senior titles, the Irish Examiner hosted a conversation with some of the legends involved in those famous victories.

In the second of our hurling chats, dual medallist Teddy McCarthy, hurling captain Tomás Mulcahy, and goal-scorer Kevin Hennessy talk through Cork GAA's greatest achievement with Anthony Daly.

In this part, as Cork enter a Munster final against Tipperary as underdogs, we hear the story behind the infamous "Donkeys don't win derbies" comment as well as a rather unorthodox fitness test and some interesting motivational tactics.

In our earlier conversation, sports editor Tony Leen spoke with three footballers, Conor Counihan, Niall Cahalane, and Larry Tompkins, to recall the day the Rebel County sealed the historic double.

If you missed it, you can look back at those videos here: 

• Part 1: 'Sometimes you had to be a little bit nasty'
• Part 2: Stopping Colm O'Rourke
• Part 3: Cruciates and Scapulars
• Part 4: History is made
• Part 5: Hurling, the Canon, and that Opel Manta

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Monies raised through the Go Red for Cork campaign, which marks the 30th anniversary of the Cork GAA double, will go towards ensuring Marymount Hospice is ‘winter ready’ for current and any possible future Covid restrictions and will allow for outdoor visiting in comfortable covered spaces, following Government guidelines at all times.