Paradise regained for Erin’s Own

IT’S easy to explain how it was Erin’s Own who emerged winners in a hectic finish to yesterday’s Evening Echo Cork SHC final to add a second title to their breakthrough win 14 years ago.

Quite simply, two vital scores from Kieran Murphy and Brian Corcoran inspired them after man-of-the-match Eoghan Murphy kept them in touch through the first half with superb free-taking and popped up with a vital goal four minutes into the second half.

Explaining why Cloyne didn’t surge to victory after a 52nd-minute Conor Cusack goal is a little more difficult. Their three goals came at crucial stages but, for somehow they lost the initiative when it mattered most.