For the moment, Cork football is free of all usual shackles. Cork football has had little to bask in over the past decade, so there’ll be no apologies for taking a second to stand and absorb their successful escape from the League’s second-tier. Of all that has been said and written about Cork football during Cleary’s tenure, and indeed before he assumed the gig, the consistent accusation of a county sorely lacking in consistency had no ounce of hyperbole attached. The most important thing was last Sunday. Last Sunday was a more important game than next Sunday,” he continued.

Source: Irish Examiner March 27, 2026 17:00 UTC