'We are all just devastated': Historic Cork hurling club badly damaged by Storm Babet

Sarsfields GAA Club suffered extensive damage after the Glashaboy River burst its banks, after Storm Babet saw almost a month's rain fall in 24 hours

Cork County Council officials advised staff in the club to evacuate and — just 45 minutes later — a tide of water gushed in through the main gates. Picture: Garvan McCarthy

Flooding has completely destroyed the pitch of a historic hurling club just days after it secured victory in a premier senior hurling county final.

Sarsfields GAA Club, which was founded in 1896, suffered extensive damage after the Glashaboy River burst its banks, after Storm Babet saw almost a month's rain fall in 24 hours.