"... a mighty poc from the hurl of Séan Óg Ó hAlpín, his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold."
"...Canavan races out to meet it, Art McRory stands up, Canavan collects the ball, McRory sits down again, Canavan back out to Cormac McAnallan, McRory stands up again, McAnallan kicks the ball high in the air to the right and wide and Art McRory sits down and crosses his legs."
"... Teddy McCarthy to John McCarthy, no relation, John McCarthy back to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation."
"...Pat Fox races out to forty and grabs the sliotair, I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal, the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide .... and the dog lost as well."
"Pat Fox takes the sliothar on his hurley, turns and solos up the field, Pat Rabbite is hot on his tail...... well Ladies and Gentlemen, I've seen it all now, a Rabbit chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"And Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell ye a little story. I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said 'I suppose ye wouldn't have ‘The Kerryman would ye?' To which the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said 'Do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?'... He had both... So I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."
"Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let you down - his people are undertakers"
"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner Street this morning and the omens seem to be good for them. The priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey! Forty yards out on the Hogan stand side of the field Ciarán Whelan goes on a rampage, its a goal. So much for religion."
"Colin Corkery on the ‘45’ lets go with the right boot. It’s over the bar. This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn't kick points like Colin Corkery."
"1-5 to 0-8 Well, from Lapland to the Antarctic, that's level scores in any man's language".
"I see John O Donnell dispensing water on the sideline. Tipperary, sponsored by a water company. Cork Sponsored by a tay company. I wonder will they meet later for afternoon tay."
"Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy"
"Danny "The Yank" Culloty. He came down from the mountains and hasn't he done well"
"He grabs the sliothar, he's on the 50...... He's on the 40...... He's on the 30...... He's on the ground"
"In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half they played with the ball". "He kicks the ball ard san aer. Could've been a goal. Could've been a point.... It went wide."
"Stephen Byrne with the puck out for Offaly... Stephen, one of twelve ... All but one are here to-day. The one that's missing is Mary. She's at home minding the house And the ball is dropping i lár na páirce...."