Cork play Clare in the Munster Final next Sunday July 8th at 2pm at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. The last meeting between the two sides in the Munster Senior Football Championship Final was July 24th 1949 at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick, where Cork were victors on a scoreline of Cork 3-6 to Clare 0-7, to win their 15th Munster Senior Football title and just their third since 1928. But did you know that Johnny O’Keeffe from Millstreet captained the Cork team from right half-back!
Cork were defeated by Cavan in the All Ireland Semi Final – and you can see archive footage of the match from 1949.
Over 60 years later Johnny’s cousin, Aidan Walsh, is doing a fine job in the present Cork team, scoring a great goal in the match that won the Munster Final yesterday.