Cork have learned from previous failures says Niall O'Leary

Many of this group have taken hits in Croke Park though like the 2021 final no-show against Limerick and then last year’s agonising decider defeat to Clare.

EYES ON THE PRIZE: Niall O'Leary poses for a portrait with the Liam MacCarthy cup. Pic@ Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The statistic is Cork haven’t won an All-Ireland semi-final as Munster champions on the last three occasions but Niall O’Leary is dismissing that record as the past.

In 2019, the Castlelyons man made his senior debut the year after Cork’s previous provincial success and while a third of the panel were there for the 2017 and ’18 All-Ireland semi-final defeats, he is adamant times have changed.