Pat Ryan: 'Corkness - It drives me mad when I hear that. It’s the most stupid word I’ve ever seen'

The Cork manager couldn’t believe what he read on the run-in to the Limerick round-robin fixture.

Cork’s manager Pat Ryan during the first half in Limerick. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.

The Sunday morning of their season-defining Waterford game, Pat Ryan’s phone pinged.

Into his WhatsApp landed a Saving Private Ryan meme. But instead of Tom Hanks and his combat helmet, superimposed in was Pat Ryan’s face. And instead of Saving Private Ryan, the graphic read Saving Pat Ryan.