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The sight of the trophies \u2014 and the energy of a young team still buzzing from their achievement \u2014 brought smiles. Picture: Max Ricken<\/p>\nThe Cork minor footballers continued a whirlwind week of celebrations on Thursday when they arrived at Cork University Hospital (CUH) with the Munster and All-Ireland trophies in hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just days after their superb All-Ireland MFC victory, the squad made a point of sharing the moment with patients and staff who have long supported Cork teams from afar.<\/p>\n
Manager Keith Ricken and captain Joe Miskella led the group through the Children\u2019s Ward and the Stroke Unit, where the players spent time chatting, posing for photos and offering a welcome distraction to those receiving care.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sight of the trophies \u2014 and the energy of a young team still buzzing from their achievement \u2014 brought smiles across both units, with families and staff taking the chance to meet the players and congratulate them.<\/p>\n
The visit was coordinated by Alison Harvey from the Office of the Chief Executive at CUH, who ensured the team were warmly received throughout their time in the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sight of the trophies \u2014 and the energy of a young team still buzzing from their achievement \u2014 brought smiles. Picture: Max Ricken<\/p>\n
Staff members spoke of their pride in the minors\u2019 success and their appreciation for the gesture, noting how uplifting it was for patients to experience a moment of celebration in the middle of their treatment routines.<\/p>\n
For the players, the afternoon was an opportunity to acknowledge the wider community that supports Cork football.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their All-Ireland win has sparked huge excitement across the county, but Thursday\u2019s visit showed a group conscious of the responsibility that comes with representing Cork \u2014 on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n
Their visit underlined the values that have defined this team: humility, respect and a genuine desire to give back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cork minor footballers continued a whirlwind week of celebrations on Thursday when they arrived at Cork University…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-543788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}