Kilkenny v Galway 2006 All-Ireland hurling quarter-final
This was a far closer game than you remember
- Edit, I’m mixing it up with 2007
Cork have won the All-Ireland hurling championship 30 times. In 12 of those years Kerry won the football.
Tipp have won the All-Ireland hurling championship 28 times but in only 3 of those years did Kerry win it, and not since 1962.
Tipp have won a two in a row more recently than they won an All-Ireland in the same year as Kerry.
Two in a row defeats in All-Ireland finals since 1950
Hurling:
Tipperary 1967 and 1968 - won 1971
Wexford 1976 and 1977 - the end
Cork 1982 and 1983 - won 1984
Galway 1985 and 1986 - won 1987 and 1988
Kilkenny 1998 and 1999 - won the next 15
Kilkenny 2022 and 2023 - have not got back so far
Football:
Meath 1951 and 1952 - won 1954
Cork 1956 and 1957 - the end
Kerry 1964 and 1965 - lost 1968, won 1969
Galway 1973 and 1974 - did not get back
Dublin 1978 and 1979 - team had to be gutted and rebuilt before getting back to win 1983
Dublin 1984 and 1985 - did not get back
Cork 1987 and 1988 - won 1989 and 1990
Mayo 1996 and 1997 - did not get back
Mayo 2012 and 2013 - got back again after a three year interval
Mayo 2016 and 2017 - got back again after another three year interval
Mayo 2020 and 2021 - the end
An incomplete list of utterly pointless corporate name changes in Ireland:
Dublin Corporation became Dublin City Council
Bord Fáilte became Fáilte Ireland
Posts and Telegraphs became Telecom Eireann
Telecom Eireann became Eircom
Eircom became Eir
An Bord Pleanála became An Comisiún Pleanála
The Irish Amateur Boxing Association became the Irish Athletic Boxing Association
Ernst & Young became EY
Aer Rianta became ARI
Irish Water became Uisce Éireann