Lisgoold and Castlemartyr: Two East Cork GAA clubs on similar journeys

Last August, Lisgoold won the club’s first-ever Cork junior hurling crown and Castlemartyr claimed the 2020 Lower Intermediate hurling championship. Three months later, both East Cork sides are back in county final action

Safe hands: Lisgoold goalkeepers Moss O’Connell and Ciaran Cronin celebrate after they defeated Harbour Rovers in August. They are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Castlemartyr by winning the Lower Intermediate decider against Kilbrittain this weekend.

Two East Cork neighbours, two remarkably similar stories.

On Saturday, August 7, Lisgoold won the club’s first-ever Cork junior hurling crown. The emphatic nine-point victory over Harbour Rovers came in the same delayed season as their first-ever East Cork junior hurling title.