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‘It’s Christmas Day for hurlers’: Cork and Clare fans gather for All-Ireland final
Thousands were converging on Croke Park for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final between Cork and Clare on Sunday afternoon, spilling into surrounding streets and public houses and carrying various levels of optimism about their respective …