PM O’Sullivan: Are Cork taking a different path to end longest All-Ireland drought?

The last three seasons, from this angle, involved Cork choking as a championship cookie crumbled. Seem harsh?

Cork captain Ben O'Connor leaves Heuston station with the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 2004. Another season without the trophy would mean Cork hurling’s longest famine. Picture: INPHO/Andrew Paton

The past is a noisy country in Cork GAA, that implacable hum where expectation meets impatience.

This weekend, the dial turns. Background noise will rise. Way of things. Cork expects.