Cork still scarred by 2018 semi-final defeat to Limerick

Newtownshandrum’s 2004 All-Ireland senior club winning captain John McCarthy believes the 2018 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Limerick left an indelible mark on Cork

CRUCIAL SAVE: Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid of Limerick makes a save from Seamus Harnedy of Cork in the final moments of the 2018 All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

In the most unforgiving terms, the signpost on Charleville’s Old Limerick Road turning onto the new one tells the story of August 22, 2021.

One man’s enterpriser, another’s vandal, the sign across the road from the Kerry Agribusiness building was amended to include the emphatic scoreline from that year’s All-Ireland final lets everyone know just how good Limerick had it over Cork that day.