You might think booking a place in a national final would have your fellow county men turning up in droves to Croke Park but not so in the case of the Cork senior footballers.
The public acknowledgement by Cork GAA County Board Chairman Ger Lane that not even success has been able to entice Leesiders to support the Rebel senior footballers prompted the posing of the question 'why?' to listeners of the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show. With some interesting responses.
@paulcollinstipp football getting a fair boring game #hurlingonlygame
— Bryan Buckley (@buckser20) April 14, 2015
@paulcollinstipp Hurling bigger in the city, football more so out west. This is the most significant factor for me
— paulomaldini (@paulmalone33) April 14, 2015
The trend is nothing new in Ireland though according to John O Connor.
@dcr22B @paulcollinstipp @DubGAAOfficial Every the county has a preference one way or the other . Cork is not unusual in that.
— John O'Connor (@johnnyoconn) April 14, 2015
Cork Chairman Ger Lane reckons in Cork it could be because most gaelic football in the county is west cork based, but Sue Callanan has another view.
@paulcollinstipp pic.twitter.com/YF1MnQ8cFT
— Sue Callanan (@SueCallanan) April 14, 2015
Be interesting to see how many red geansai's will be at the Allianz League Decider!
