Hard work, dedication and sacrifice: Declan Dalton's journey back to the Rebel red 

FLYING IT: Cork's Declan Dalton celebrates. Pic: Bryan Keane, Inpho

Only 28 championship minutes in 2021. Dropped from the panel in 2022. The end of Declan Dalton’s Cork road - at just 24 years of age.

That could have been his story. That could have been his lot in red. Declan Dalton, though, has never been one to follow the path others have sought to lay for him.