Cork fan's premature ink now a painful reminder
The Rebel county were red hot favourites entering Croke Park on Sunday, and with a six-point lead at half-time it looked all but a certainty they would lift the Liam McCarthy cup for the first time in 20 years.
Tipperary dominated the second half of the match, with the final score a resounding 3-27 to Tipp versus Cork's 1-18 — a winning margin of 15 points. Comedian Pat Shortt with Cork fan Michael John Murphy. Pic: Pat Shortt/X
Among the uber confident Cork supporters was Michael John who even got an ink to commemorate a week before the final.
The tattoo, which is placed on the GAA fans arm, reads: 'Cork All Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 2025.'
Skint Tattoo Studio took to Facebook to share pictures of the ink, which was done by business owner Darragh Murphy.
'Confidence is key, the 2025 is an easy fix to 2026 for next year anyway incase anything goes pear shaped Sunday,' the tattoo studio wrote alongside the post, 'But I doubt it.'
Unfortunately, things did in fact go pear-shaped for the Rebel County, and the Liam McCarthy is heading to Tipperary this year.
The tattoo studio, based in Passage West, followed up on Sunday evening noting that the 'better team won' and predicting that 'Tipperary will be hard to stop in the future years.'
They added that they will be doing a GAA themed flash tattoo fundraiser before September with all proceeds raised going to the Dillon Quirke Foundation.
The foundation was set up in memory of an up and coming Tipperary hurler, Dillon Quirke, who passed away after collapsing during a game in Semple Stadium in 2022.
Dillon died of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), which takes the lives of 100 young people in Ireland annually.
The foundation, set up by Dillon's parents and sisters, to raise awareness and save lives by screening every GAA player both male and female from the age of 12 years old.
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