All Ireland day

[rosnarun]

McCarthy Came on as a sub in 1989 and more or less won the Game for Cork , I can t remember who it was against
but pretty sure he played in 1990 too

[imtommygunn]

I went to look up on that cork team to see if mccarthy was on it as i thought he wasn't. Hadn't realised john kerins had died too. Sad to see them both go so young

Was McCarthy on that team then?

I could only find a list of key players in 90 which McCarthy was one of so pretty sure he was... Couldn't see the actual lineup.

He also scored 3 points in semi and 2 in final so sounds like he was.

[Edit] In fact here is a good resource... http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/

[deiseach]

I went to look up on that cork team to see if mccarthy was on it as i thought he wasn't. Hadn't realised john kerins had died too. Sad to see them both go so young

The Cork-Meath rivalry was Biblical. I had to choke back a tear when I read this:

...the tension eased though the 1990 final still had its moments. The teams gradually faded from the limelight but it took the funeral of the Cork goalkeeper of that era, John Kerins, to restore regular contact. Almost the entire Meath team of 1987 and '88 travelled to the funeral.

"The thing that changed it all was John's death. Unfortunately it took a death to break the ice between Meath and Cork. That put it all into perspective," recalled Martin O'Connell in "Boylan", a biographical account of his management.

[blanketattack]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/cork-double-1990-remembering-football-starsjohn-kerins-and-michael-mccarthy-340587.html

http://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cork-v-meath-latest-chapter-in-an-old-rivalry-26438814.html