Is this the evening IT Carlow finally manage to get over the line, the evening where DJ Carey’s charges deliver the college a historic first Fitzgibbon Cup title?

There was a possibility, transformed almost into an expectation in some quarters, that Blackrock and Glen Rovers would be propelled into a senior hurling relegation play-off.

In 2010, Blackrock seemed set to drop from senior hurling ranks as they trailed Blarney in the relegation play-off, only for Kevin O’Keeffe to score a late goal to retain their top flight status.

THE decision to relegate Cork champions St. Michael’s to Division Two of Féile Peil na nÓg in Limerick yesterday, provoked an angry reaction from the Blackrock club.