About this episode

The Echo Sport Podcast crew discusses Cork GAA's significant victory over Donegal and the challenges ahead in the football championship.

Rebels flying high after Donegal win The Echo Sport Podcast crew is back to discuss another bumper weekend of Cork GAA action. Now in its fourth season, the podcast sees the Echo team discuss all the latest Cork GAA news on and off the field. In the wake of Saturday’s incredible All-Ireland SFC win over Donegal, Denis Hurley is joined by Barry O’Mahony and John Horgan. Going in as outsiders in the round 2A clash in Ballybofey, Cork were given little chance of taking the direct route to the quarter-finals, especially when they trailed at half-time, but a flurry of two-pointers swung the game the way of John Cleary’s men. All things considered, Barry O’Mahony reckons that it was the county’s biggest football championship win since the 2010 All-Ireland, with the county board’s decision to sanction a flight to Derry vindicated. Cork now have the luxury of a gap until the quarter-finals at the end of June, with the round 3 fixtures this weekend set to eliminate four of Monaghan, Westmeath, Donegal, Dublin, Kerry, Armagh, Mayo and Meath. Waiting along with Cork for the last-eight ties in Croke Park are Galway, Louth and Derry, underlining the sense that it is the most open football…

People in this episode

Host: Denis Hurley

Guests: Barry O’Mahony, John Horgan

Topics covered

• Cork GAA
• football championship
• All-Ireland SFC
• Cork victory
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Cork GAA
• Donegal
• All-Ireland SFC
• football championship
• Denis Hurley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cork GAA

Places: Donegal, Cork, Derry, Ballybofey

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