Dave Barry tells Cork City’s players: ‘Beat Shamrock Rovers and you will go down in history’

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Dave Barry skips past Joe Cassells of Meath during the 1988 All-Ireland SFC final replay at Croke Park. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Different games and different codes with different demands. Sadly, though, often with the same outcome, one of crushing disappointment.

When Dave Barry was playing in what he’s often called the ‘blood and bandage’ colours of the Cork Gaelic football team, the aim was often as simple as trying to be better than Kerry.