O’Mahony ‘a true legend’

There aren’t too many men who have created a sporting legend at Páirc Uí Rinn, Turner’s Cross and Musgrave Park. Perhaps former Cork City manager Noel O’Mahony, who died on Thursday night at the age of 73, is the only one.

He graced Páirc Uí Rinn when it was the home of Cork soccer as Flower Lodge, a standout player with all-conquering Cork Hibernians. At Turner’s Cross, he brought Cork City league title success as a manager. And at Musgrave Park, he masterminded Cork City’s 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich in the Uefa Cup, back in 1991.

It’s little wonder that the whole of the Cork sporting world is in shock this weekend at O’Mahony’s passing.