'If you haven't played Cork in a final,' said Jimmy Doyle, the famous Tipperary hurler, 'you haven't played a-final.' His words reflect the sheer pleasure Tipperary people derive from having 'Cork bet and the hay saved', and reveal the high esteem in which Cork's hurlers are held by other counties. Tim Horgan, author of the acclaimed Christy Ring - Hurling's Greatest, vividly evokes the thrills, the passion, the artistry and heroics of Cork's hurlers over the past 125 years.