Corn Uí Mhuirí: Kerry schools still set standard as Cork face hard questions

Kerry’s schools are still setting the pace in the Corn Uí Mhuirí, but across the border, Cork faces growing pressure to fix a broken underage system.

The Tralee CBS dressing-room is full of Frewen Cup (U17) winners, like Ronan Carroll, from 2023 and '24. Pic: Brendan Gleeson

The Corn Uí Mhuirí has come to operate something of a dual mandate on either side of the Cork-Kerry border.

In the Kingdom, there is intrigue as to the latest line of emerging talents. Intrigue also as to where the balance of power lies. In Tralee with Mounthawk and the Green, as has been the case for the past two years, or back the road in Killarney and St Brendan’s.