Joy for Imokilly but it’s a strange kind of glory

On the way into the match yesterday, I met Mark Landers, who was doing co-commentary for local radio, writes Anthony Daly.

Landers played on the first Imokilly team to win a county title in 1997 and he was telling me about the craic they knocked out of that success, of all the great nights they had across the length and breadth of east Cork.

I’m sure a huge crowd descended on the St Ita’s club and community last night. The cup will tour the barony over the coming days but it must be quiet contentment more than any huge outpouring of emotion. It has to be in this kind of context but beating Middleton – which is in the heart of the division – will have made this the sweetest title Imokilly could ever win.