Delight for Douglas as Barr’s lose senior status

SALVATION for Douglas, disaster and the end of St. Finbarr’s glorious reign in the Cork senior football championship.

That’s the story from this relegation play-off battle at Shanbally on Saturday where Douglas wore their crests with pride to stun the Barr’s and send their city rivals tumbling to a fall that will shake Togher to the core.

The Barr’s looked safe, Douglas needing a huge one to dig themselves out of a big hole. And though it was far from pretty, the tears of emotion from some of their old stalwarts at the final whistle said it all.