'She’s actually from Limerick! She’s from Kilmallock. In fairness, she’s Cork through and through.'
In time to come he will reflect on this period as a remarkable time in his life.READ MORE:Cork star lauds performance coach Gary Keegan's role as Rebels bid to bridge 19-year gapThe following Thursday his fiance, Aoife, gave birth to a baby boy, their first child.
“She was buzzing, yeah. She’s actually from Limerick! She’s from Kilmallock. In fairness, she’s Cork through and through.Seán Óg Ó hAilpín remains the last man to captain Cork to an All-Ireland and O’Donoghue appreciates having the opportunity to emulate him. “It’s not like I’m the only person in the dressing room who’s speaking. If someone has something to say, they’re going to say it and if there are more and more people piping up in the dressing room and at training and stuff like that, everyone is hopping on that bit of buzz that we have and trying to push the team on.”
“Stepped out in front of him and as soon as I hit him I said to myself, ‘What the hell did you do that for?’ So it was just frustration. I felt I let the team down on the day. It was the second successive game in which Cork had suffered a red card, with Damien Cahalane dismissed during the defeat to Waterford the previous Sunday.
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