'We have to hold up our end of the bargain': Kelly not expecting any Cork slacking

On a different note, and while the most pressing matter for Kelly is Thurles on Sunday, he agrees the quarter-finals have been overshadowed by the football fixtures this weekend.

Offaly manager Johnny Kelly. Pic:  Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

You won’t find Johnny Kelly doing a Dinny Cahill and upsetting Cork this week.

Twenty-two years ago, then Antrim manager Cahill fired disparaging comments about a Cork group including Ben O’Connor before the counties’ All-Ireland quarter-final.