'Terrible disappointment' for Clonakilty after heartbreaking defeat

Clonakilty's goalkeeper Mark White dejected after the game. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

Having played exactly as they wanted to, having dictated the terms of engagement for long stretches, and having emptied themselves across the hour’s fare, the "terrible disappointment" for Clon is that still they came up short.

For a group appearing in their first Cork final, Haulie O’Neill’s Clonakilty charges displayed no nerves or fear in taking the game to the favourites from the off. Three times they led this final and on a further eight occasions were they level, the last of which was as late as the second minute of second-half injury-time.