[QUOTE=âTurenne, post: 964432, member: 232â]Their will be absolutely no parking anywhere in or near Blackrock, unless you turn up 2 hours before throw in. And then itâll be an absolute nightmare to get off.
Typically Iâd park well away in the city center and walk in, but a 30 minute walk in and out isnât much of an option if you have a family[/QUOTE]
The long walk in cork is part of the day. Just like parking your car in the fields is in Thurles.
[QUOTE=âTheUlteriorMotive, post: 964459, member: 2272â]home and away arrangements are parochial and should never apply to finals but changing the rules half way through the deal is wrong too
.[/QUOTE]
Like changing the set up of the league the year we won promotion.
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
Still at the denial stage of the grieving process 4 days after a match
Some observations from below article
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[]âBriefed by Frank Murphyâ 
[]The figure was cut to 32K as stated by astute posters here
[]Cork rejected the findings of the Health & safety officer, the fucking animals :mad:
[]Cork are now taunting Limerick with chicken noises calling them yellow for not wanting to play them in Cork :o
[]Money talks in these matters, but its to be seen if Cork money, or Munster money wins out
[]@Bandage will be seething that this row is still ongoing
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[SIZE=6]Cork set to host final despite reservations[/SIZE]
PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh is expected to host the Munster senior hurling final on July 13, provincial sources have told the Irish Examiner.
Cork are entitled to a home game as part of their home-away agreement with Limerick. Last yearâs decider between the counties was hosted at the Gaelic Grounds but now Limerick have expressed reservations about the suitability of the venue to the Munster Council.
The capacity for the much-anticipated rematch will only be decided after health and safety officer Michael Slattery visits PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh today. There he will briefed by Cork secretary Frank Murphy and Munster Council chief executive Simon Moroney. Itâs expected his report will be issued to both parties by the end of the week and, as Moroney told the Irish Examiner yesterday, a final decision on the venue will be made early next week, likely Monday night. In 2011, Slattery was commissioned by the GAA to complete an audit of all county stadia after which the vast majority had their capacities cut, pending extensive and remedial work. When the report was released in early 2012, it had been reported PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimhâs figure had been cut to approximately 32,000 from 43,000.
That figure was flatly rejected by Cork officials at the time and then chairman of the GAAâs national infrastructure and safety committee, Seamus McCloy said only minor improvements were required, under the covered stand. He stated at the time: âIt might involve closing a couple of shops in the tunnel to improve access and more stewards. A few small things can be done to where they want to be.â
PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimhâs revised volume has jumped following a series of works done around the stadium, although the council are dubious about claims in Cork that the capacity is above 40,000.
Itâs the opinion of a number of Munster Council officers that PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh in its present form is not an appropriate venue for an attractive final which attracted 42,370 in the Gaelic Grounds last year.
A figure in the mid to high 30,000s has been mooted, although with over two weeks until a possible Munster football final with Kerry at PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh, there remains the possibility Cork could meet a number of conditions to add to the capacity in the meantime should Slattery return with a number under 40,000. The Munster Council are fully aware of the historical significance of what would be the last ever inter-county game in PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh before major redevelopment begins shortly.
Cork chairman Bob Ryan as well as players Patrick Horgan, Aidan Walsh and Damien Cahalane have all referred to the attraction of giving the stadium a send-off.
There is a sense of disappointment in provincial circles that [SIZE=7]Limerick have cold feet [/SIZE]about travelling down the N20 for the clash, when they were delighted to welcome Cork to the Ennis Road last year. While there is an anticipated drop of gate receipts and the prospect of several thousand people not being able to purchase tickets, senior Munster figures are prepared to accede to Corkâs request to stage the fixture as part of the home-away deal.
Since the Slattery report, the highest attendances recorded at PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh have been 32,568 for the 2012 Cork-Tipperary Munster senior hurling semi-final and 23,184 for the same yearâs provincial football semi-final between Cork and Kerry.
Meanwhile, Cork chairman Ryan believes the stadium will get the green light to host a Cork-Kerry football final on July 6 should the counties win their respective semi-finals against Tipperary and Clare this weekend.
âIf Cork and Kerry were to meet in the Munster final I would be optimistic and hopeful that the game would be played in PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh,â he said.
âThe two counties have a long-standing home and away agreement. Given the Munster final was in Killarney last year, it is Corkâs turn to host the next championship meeting between the two.â
Š Irish Examiner Ltd. All rights reserved
It was said from the get go Limerick had no problem holding up the arrangement,not our fault Corks stadium is a disaster, Would be great to rubberstamp the last memory of the old pairc with a loss to Limerick,would sicken their shit!
We are only eager to let enough of the Cork lads as possible see us walk them into the ground. Theyâll be glad to see the back of the PĂĄirc after we are finished with them.
Seriously though Iâd be happy to go to the PĂĄirc once capacity issues are sorted, havenât been there in ages (@dodgy-keeper whens the last time we played a hurling match down there?). The only question now is whether I will celebrate in Cork afterwards or head back to Limerick.
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 965122, member: 332â]We are only eager to let enough of the Cork lads as possible see us walk them into the ground. Theyâll be glad to see the back of the PĂĄirc after we are finished with them.
Seriously though Iâd be happy to go to the PĂĄirc once capacity issues are sorted, havenât been there in ages (@dodgy-keeper whens the last time we played a hurling match down there?). The only question now is whether I will celebrate in Cork afterwards or head back to Limerick.[/QUOTE]
2010 Championship
20 June 2010
Semi-final
PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh, Cork
Limerick 0-12 - 2-19 Cork
It gave us this sight
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 965122, member: 332â]We are only eager to let enough of the Cork lads as possible see us walk them into the ground. Theyâll be glad to see the back of the PĂĄirc after we are finished with them.
Seriously though Iâd be happy to go to the PĂĄirc once capacity issues are sorted, havenât been there in ages (@dodgy-keeper whens the last time we played a hurling match down there?). The only question now is whether I will celebrate in Cork afterwards or head back to Limerick.[/QUOTE]
The year of the strikers Iâd say, 2010.
[QUOTE=âmyboyblue, post: 965123, member: 180â]2010 Championship
20 June 2010
Semi-final
PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh, Cork
Limerick 0-12 - 2-19 Cork
It gave us this sight
http://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF603/436130.jpg[/QUOTE]
You are missing a big * at the end of that pal!
I was on strike that year myself, when were we there before that?
Add it to the list http://www.thefreekick.com/board/index.php?threads/the-official-tfk-list-of-things-that-require-an-asterisk-beside-them.19124/
Sportsfile would suggest prior to the strike it was 2002
We were there in '02 anyways. I canât seem to remember any game down there in between (given the home and away we probably only played them once between '02 and '10).
Who is left off that team? Breen, Browne, Quaid & Mulcahy?
Thatâs a long time. I was down there a few times in between that must have been the football or maybe we played Waherfurd there or something.
[QUOTE=âJulio Geordio, post: 965139, member: 332â]Who is left off that team? Breen, Browne, Quaid & Mulcahy?
Thatâs a long time. I was down there a few times in between that must have been the football or maybe we played Waherfurd there or something.[/QUOTE]
2009 Munster Football Final against Cork
That one grates more than the Kerry games :mad::mad::mad:
[QUOTE=âTreatyStones, post: 965141, member: 1786â]2009 Munster Football Final against Cork
That one grates more than the Kerry games :mad::mad::mad:[/QUOTE]
That cunt of a penalty they had handed to them,we had the measure of those overrated cunts aswell.
Didnât bother going to championship matches that year either.
Did Tipp beat us in Cork in 2002? Think that OâMeara lad killed us at wing forward that day, he was on fire for Tipp.
Beat them in minor hurling down there in 2012, mugged them off with a point deep into injury time. Hammered them in senior football in Liam Kearns time too (2004/2005?). The Munster football final defeat in 2009 will haunt me forever. Battered them in the first half and still only went in three or four points up at half time.
Weâve not been down there too often in the last 10/15 years. 2001 was fantastic though, we were no-hopers going there and beat them against all the odds. Brilliant Eamonn Cregan on pitch interview after the game slating the Cork Examiner for writing us off. Beat Waterford down there the next day in another cracker.
[QUOTE=âdodgy-keeper, post: 965299, member: 1552â]Didnât bother going to championship matches that year either.
Did Tipp beat us in Cork in 2002? Think that OâMeara lad killed us at wing forward that day, he was on fire for Tipp.
Beat them in minor hurling down there in 2012, mugged them off with a point deep into injury time. Hammered them in senior football in Liam Kearns time too (2004/2005?). The Munster football final defeat in 2009 will haunt me forever. Battered them in the first half and still only went in three or four points up at half time.
Weâve not been down there too often in the last 10/15 years. 2001 was fantastic though, we were no-hopers going there and beat them against all the odds. Brilliant Eamonn Cregan on pitch interview after the game slating the Cork Examiner for writing us off. Beat Waterford down there the next day in another cracker.[/QUOTE]
John Carroll destroyed us from wing forward around then. Gave Foley an awful mugging off. Foley kept trying to out catch him.
The footballers would break your heart, I was there the day they tonked them in Cork though. Gavin supreme from the frees and Diarmuid Sheehy beat Corkery up a stick. Pissed rain the same day.
2001 was the Rocks big score where he mangled Jack Foley on the way out? A great day indeed.