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Episode 1474: The Tragedy Of Two Football Teams On One Island, The Essential Corkness Of The Munster Hurling Championship, Ken’s GAA Predictions

Wed 22nd May 2019
Murph, Ken, Jennifer Healy and Denis Walsh

Ireland has had two football teams, and two football associations, since the 1920s. On an island where hockey, rugby, athletics, boxing, and many other sports are cross-border ventures, the biggest sport in the world has for almost a century been a potent symbol of the Border.

A new documentary “Division: The North/South Split”, airing at 9.35pm on RTE1 tonight, asks the questions – why did the game develop as it did in Ireland, and is there ever a chance of a unified All-Ireland team? We speak to the show’s producer Jennifer Healy.


Cork were abject in the first round of the Munster hurling championship against Tipperary, and then magnificent in beating the All-Ireland champions Limerick last Sunday. Denis Walsh of the Sunday Times tells us just how the turnaround happened, and why this Munster championship can be just as good as last year’s.

©INPHO/James Crombie

Plus there’s our planned journey north – white flag in hand, Patrick Horgan’s quest for perfection, Corkness, politically aware 9 year olds, and Ken predicts the weekend’s GAA.

©INPHO/James Crombie

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