Seánie McGrath: Hallmarks of a top-class Cork team are developing before our eyes

I don't want to put huge pressure on Alan Connolly but he is already a Cork crowd favourite.

Darragh Fitzgibbon of Cork is tackled by Paddy Cadell of Tipperary. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

There’s a giddiness brewing. It is long overdue.

You could feel it around Liberty Square before throw-in. You could see it in every red-owned stand and terrace at Semple Stadium. You could hear it when Alan Connolly goaled in first-half injury-time.