Small fish and teenage hat-tricks - Clare and Cork's double dose of drama in 2013

Hurling's superpower knocked out. Clare and Cork contesting the final and both aiming to end long waits for glory. Sound familiar?

The climax to this year's All-Ireland SHC has parallels with that of 11 years ago. Then, it was the first decider in eight not to feature Kilkenny. This time, Limerick have left the stage after falling short of five in a row.

Cork had been waiting eight years for Liam MacCarthy in 2013 and Clare 16. Now that wait is a record 19 for the Rebels and (spoiler alert) 11 for the Banner.

It was a mildly different time.

TV viewers were gripped by the kaleidoscope of Walter White, a Red Wedding and Orange Is the New Black. In music, Hozier was heading to church and Macklemore was hitting the thrift shop. The Fast and the Furious franchise was a mere six films in.

Smartphones were now ubiquitous, mostly being used to play Candy Crush or Flappy Bird and take pictures of their owners. 'Selfie' was Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year.

In Ireland, we were tentatively emerging from financial meltdown, horse burgers were all the rage and the Irish women's rugby team had won their first Six Nations. There was a new pope in Rome but Cork and Clare had their own spiritual leaders in All-Ireland winners Jimmy Barry-Murphy (5) and Davy Fitzgerald (2), JBM having also claimed Liam MacCarthy in his first spell as manager in 1999.

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Barry-Murphy's men had taken the more direct route, playing only four games to get to the final. They thumped Clare by eight points in the Munster