Darragh O'Donovan on the moment he planted the Limerick flag on Cork turf

IT WAS one of the iconic pictures of the hurling season.

After defeating Cork in an epic Munster Senior Hurling Championship final, Limerick’s Darragh O’Donovan took a green and white flag off a supporter and planted it into the SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh turf.

The now-famous flag was spotted in Croke Park at Sunday’s final - back in the hands of rightful owners Kathleen Delaney, Nora Cunnngham and Majella Corkery.

O’Donovan discussed the moment in the aftermath of last Sunday’s All-Ireland final win over Galway.

“I don't think at times,” the Doon man said, reflecting on the moment with the Irish Examiner.

“Look, it was a moment of madness more so than anything, not in any disrespect to Cork or anything like that. We were saying it on the field afterwards (on Sunday), but the jubilation after the Munster final because it was a one-point win, and (All-Ireland final) was an 11-point win, they're different.

“When you win by one point, it's brilliant. It was a moment of madness but I don't have any regrets about it either. I'd do it again tomorrow morning."

O’Donovan reiterated it wasn’t a move intended to be seen as disrespectful.

"I thought about it a lot afterwards. I have great time for some of those Cork players and for their manager Ben O'Connor, growing up idolising Ben and things like that. These things happen.

“I actually saw Mark Coleman, he did an interview and he just said it (the flag planting) is what it is. They came to Limerick and they celebrated. I'm sure they had their few bits and pieces. But at the end of the day, I think we did our talking on the field all year with our performances in games.”