Cashel's King Cormacs new princes aiming to help Tipperary reclaim All-Ireland hurling throne

Sunday is the first All-Ireland senior final since 1991, when the Bonnars were in their pomp, that Cashel King Cormacs have had more than one representative on a Tipperary panel

Cashel team-mates and close friends Oisín O'Donoghue and Eoghan Connolly celebrate Tipp's All-Ireland SHC semi-final win over Kilkenny at Croke Park. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Seán and Catherine O’Donoghue missed Oisín’s goal last Sunday week. There they were in Croke Park alright, sitting in the Hogan Stand, but the folks in front of them were on their feet by the time they rose to theirs and their 19-year-old son had struck that audacious shot.

Then a voice said O’Donoghue was the man who put the ball in the Kilkenny net, then another and his parents turned to each other and embraced. Teenagers scoring senior majors in Croke Park has become a lesser-spotted thing.