No rest despite rise to top-tier hurling for hungry Fr. O’Neill’s

Reaching Cork’s premier level of hurling in 2023 puts a flag in the ground on a stage never graced previously by Fr. O’Neill’s.

NEXT CHALLENGE: Liam O’Flaherty, General Manager, Co-Op Superstores with Fr. O'Neill's Joe Millerick. Pic: Brian Lougheed

Fr. O’Neill’s rise to the premier senior hurling ranks has been one that has stuttered frustratingly in recent years.

Although O’Neill’s have climbed the grades in an impressive fashion since 2005, when they were still hurling at junior level, 2020 and 2021 brought heartbreak as the Ballymacoda/Ladysbridge outfit lost back-back senior A finals.

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