Eamonn Ryan patiently waiting for Cork’s lightbulb moment
It is 18 months since Ryan departed the Cork ladies football scene, with whom he spearheaded 10 All-Ireland final wins, and joined Peadar Healy’s backroom team. His second coming with the Cork footballers, though, hasn’t had too many high notes. Their slide down the pecking order, both in Munster and further afield, has, if anything, quickened a beat.
He joined the Cork ladies at a similarly low ebb in 2004, but the work subsequently carried out which saw them reach the championship summit in October of 2005 was done away from the public eye. Outside of the group, there was little expectation. And even less scrutiny.
