Giving the old Páirc a perfect send off is Paudie O'Sullivan's Cork forever moment

“My last touch for Cork was a goal in Thurles. I said to him, there are not many fellas on the panel who would have scored that goal."

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Nash and Paudie O’Sullivan celebrate after the 2014 Munster hurling final victory over Limerick. Picture: ©INPHO/James Crombie

Ten championship summers have thrown in and flashed by since Cork last took Limerick down the Páirc. The end of the old Páirc. The perfect send-off. The perfect return for Paudie O’Sullivan. The next chapter for Paudie O’Sullivan. Or so he thought.

The opening scenes of his return were scripted more for fiction than a Munster hurling final. The opening scenes of his return were a great deal chaotic.