RIP. A legend
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There was no greater example of Corkness. Corkness is an innate quality, a way of being, which is separate to hurling ability, yet intrinsically connected.
Kevin Hennessy and John Fitzgibbon were other prime exponents of Corkness.
Corkness is a city thing, Cork being the only city in Ireland other than Dublin and Belfast. Corkness is street.
And therefore those who have it are of the city, even if they are not. Seanie Leary was of the northside of Cork city, even though he was not. He was a city hurler. He was a street hurler. He was street.
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He was from Youghal
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Seanie was a huge favourite of my late mother, as a young fella I had a big operation on my kidney, one hadnāt developed since I was born and it was like a pea inside in my belly, the operation was a success and it grew and eventually worked properly, but she was forever telling me that Seanie Leary only had one and look at him! She also loved the story of Ringy telling him that you donāt play hurling with your nose,
A little fat fella scoring goals for fun against assassin full back lines, they loved him in the terraces, Iāll never forget the 84 Munster final, with apologies to Tipp posters.
RIP Seanie Leary,
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But disrespectful of Youghal if you ask me
He meant nothing by it. Just that he was a city boy without actually been one.
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Didnāt a lot of county hurlers over the years transfer to cork city clubs ? Christy ring did as well didnt he? What was that all about?
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That wouldnāt sit well below in Youghal is all Iām saying.
Lord rest the man.
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Would there not have been a lot of trouble over it? It seems swapping clubs was far more common back in the day.
RIP Seanie Leary. An iconic player, had a style that wonāt be seen ever again.
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No. It was the accepted thing. Different times.
yeah?
RIP Seanie
legend of a cork goalpoacher and sniper
Seanie, JBM, John Fitzgibbon , Hennessy , Mulcahy - Jez Cork had them back then
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Thatās funny really as everything nowadays is more relaxed.
Travel would have been a big part of it, a 60 mile round trip for training in 1941 would have been no joke
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2 minor AI, 2 u-21, 4 senior, 9 Munster, 4 National Leagues, 3 All-Stars. Jaysus.
Thatās some record. 69 is no age these days. RIP.
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Throw in Teddy McCarthy, Tony OāSullivan, Jim Cashman, Johnny Crowley, even Mark Foley.
The glorious Cork jerseys of the 1970s and 1980s.
The unrivalled Kop-like nature of the support.
Style matters.
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Was the man sick or was it sudden? Itās no age RIP
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