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1 week ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
If Cork were fortunate to come away from Sixmilebridge with a draw on the opening night of the Munster U20 championship, then Clare were more fortunate again to come away from this Leeside second instalment with semi-final success. Diarmuid Stritch’s 59th minute winning goal moved the visitors in front for only the third time in this fine contest. Their two previous occasions enjoying pole position lasted for a combined total of three minutes.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
A one-sided second-half at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, allied to a much closer affair at the Gaelic Grounds, has delivered Cork a home semi-final, against Clare, in the Munster U20 hurling championship. Going into this evening’s final pair of round-robin fixtures, Cork enjoyed the worst score difference of the three teams - Clare and Limerick the other two - tied on three points and in contention for semi-final involvement.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
The gap. This result didn’t confirm the gap. This result was the latest reinforcing of the gap. The gap is threatening to become a gulf. There are many who’d argue it already has. An eight-point hammering. A four-in-a-row of Munster U20 titles for Kerry. A 10th consecutive Kerry victory over Cork at all grades. The breakdown is as follows: three at senior, four at U20, and another three at minor. May 11, 2023, was the evening the Cork minors scored a no-jeopardy Munster championship win over Kerry.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Tipperary handed back a portion of their ticket allocation in the middle of last week. The Limerick stalemate had not convinced everyone. The League final wounds of a fortnight earlier were still too fresh. Those that did travel back down the M8 and were the minority amid a red sea of 42,231 braced themselves for fresh and deeper scars as early as the 53rd second. The League final hammering of 10 points was in immediate danger of being revised upward.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
A great rivalry in suspension. A great rivalry in which only the red hand is visible. The second successive Cork-Tipp meeting to end in a double-digit hammering. The second successive Cork-Tipp championship clash to end in a double-digit hammering. The second-successive Cork-Tipp championship clash where the dominant red hand ran in four goals.
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3 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Cork threw away the right to be dealt with first. Kerry, of course, didn’t earn that particular right. They just happened to be on the correct side of the scoreline when the hooter prevented Cork from kicking any more wides. Actually, before we deal with either of them, can we just put down on paper how Saturday night, for the unaffiliated, was a world of fun. A game that required treatment for whiplash in the first aid room afterwards.
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4 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Tipperary U20 football manager Niall Fitzgerald said the 66th minute equalising point that sent Cork into the provincial final at their expense was no relation of a free. In what was a de facto Munster semi-final, the hosts teetered on the brink of shock elimination when a three-point lead eight minutes from home swung to a one-point deficit entering the five minutes of injury-time allotted.
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4 weeks ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Cork squeezed into the Munster U20 football final on score difference after rescuing a 66th minute draw at home to Tipperary. The hosts teetered on the brink of shock elimination when a three-point lead eight minutes from home swung to a one-point deficit entering the five minutes of injury-time allotted. Tipperary will rue the injury-time chances they had to stretch their lead and put the contest beyond their hosts.
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1 month ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Waterford were in such a hurry to be done with Division 1B that they didn’t even allow time for a contest. Well, not for the first 65 minutes anyway. Some mild discomfort encountered late on before the steps could be climbed and silverware collected. The curtain-raiser on Leeside was cooked as early as the end of the first quarter. No exaggeration there. Suspense did not feature in the script beyond the 18th minute. By that juncture, the Déise’s lead was already eight strong - 0-11 to 0-3.
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1 month ago | 
irishexaminer.com | Eoghan Cormican |Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Waterford were in such a hurry to be done with Division 1B that they didn’t even allow time for a contest. Well, not for the first 65 minutes anyway. There was some mild discomfort encountered late on before the steps could be climbed and silverware collected. The curtain-raiser on Leeside was cooked as early as the end of the first quarter. No exaggeration there. Suspense was handed an incredibly minor role and did not feature in the script beyond the 18th minute.
