East Cork make history with first national title

'We’re going back to Cork and we’re going mad. Midleton won’t know what hit it'

The East Cork team, winners of the AIG Men's Jimmy Bruen All-Ireland Pennant during the AIG Cups and Shields All-Ireland Finals at Slieve Russell. Picture: Thos Caffrey/Golffile

East Cork make history by claiming the club’s first ever All-Ireland title as they held off a spirited Coollattin comeback at PGA National Slieve Russell.

Both captains named unchanged lineups from those that beat Clontarf and Killymoon respectively in the semi-finals, and treated the large galleries in attendance to some scintillating play in glorious sunshine in County Cavan.