Jimmy Barry-Murphy to lead out Cork jubilee team at Croke Park

The Irish Examiner hurling podcast contributor Landers, who skippered the Rebels to their 1999 victory over Kilkenny, will place the cherished piece of silverware on a mount in front of the Hogan Stand tunnel

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024 - 17:44

John Fogarty

Cork’s 1999 All-Ireland SHC winning manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy will lead out the silver jubilee team before Sunday’s final against Clare.

In a departure from previous years, the manager will also be included in the presentation to the crowd in front of the Hogan Stand. Seán Boylan will be afforded the same honour with his victorious Meath group of 25 years ago prior to Sunday week’s All-Ireland senior football decider.

A month short of his 70th birthday, Cork legend Barry-Murphy will be announced along with the 1999 team including captain Mark Landers, Dónal Óg Cusack, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Brian Corcoran and Joe Deane.

The decision to include the managers comes after calls from previous jubilee teams for managers to be involved. Last year, the late John O’Mahony and Michael Bond were among their respective 1998 jubilee parties but did not appear on the pitch.

Landers will deliver the Liam MacCarthy Cup to pitchside before the current teams enter the field. The Irish Examiner hurling podcast contributor will place the cherished piece of silverware on a mount in front of the Hogan Stand tunnel from which the Cork and Clare teams will emerge before 3pm (3.30pm throw-in).

Details of the pre-game Clár an Lae were released by the GAA early on Thursday. Supporters at Croke Park will be able to take in a specially-commissioned show, which will be streamed globally via GAA.ie/thewarmup on Facebook Live, YouTube and on the @OfficialGAA channels.

PRE-MATCH DUTIES: 1999 All-Ireland-winning Cork captain, Mark Landers.

Hosted by Dave McIntyre and involving Clare’s Podge Collins, Cork’s Eoin Cadogan and former Tipperary star John “Bubbles” O’Dwyer, the new offering will preview the game and look back on past meetings of Cork and Clare.

Aisling O’Reilly will canvas fans’ opinions around the stadium campus. The show will also celebrate the Jimmy Barry-Murphy-managed silver jubilee All-Ireland winning group.

There will be musical entertainment on the Cusack Stand concourse with Colm Lynch and Fiach Moriarty who will perform both before the game, and at half-time above the GAA Museum entrance.

There will also be a canon firing free jerseys into the crowd as well as other competitions for the lucky holders of match tickets in the 82,000 strong crowd. Pyrotechnics, drummers and pitch pageantry will complete the big match build-up.

The enhanced pre-game activity comes on the back of a committee being established to improve the All-Ireland final match-day experience in light of there being no curtain-raiser since 2019.