It is still so raw but we can't mask our feelings about Dillon's passing..

CAHILL DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ON TIPP'S PANEL FEELS ALONE

- PAT NOLAN

THERE'S a poignancy to Tipperary playing Cork this Saturday, given that it's a fixture in which Dillon Quirke made his last appearance for the county.

Just over two months after that 12-point loss which ended Tipp's Championship campaign last May, the 24-year-old tragically died on the Semple Stadium sod while playing for his club, Clonoulty-Ross more, whose grounds have since been named after him.

Yesterday, inter-county hurling managers from across the spectrum gathered at the club for the launch of the Dillon Quirke Foundation fundraising drive in association with the Circet All-Ireland GAA Golf Challenge.