Brilliant Barr’s stun Carbery

ST FINBARR’S are back in a senior final for the first time since 1993 following a deserved victory over favourites Carbery in an entertaining Evening Echo Cork county SFC semi-final at a Pairc Ui Rinn last night.

On that occasion they lost to Nemo Rangers, but the 2009 final, scheduled for October 18, will be a reprise of the 1985 showdown when a Jimmy Barry-Murphy-inspired Barr’s side claimed victory over Clonakilty.

Last night’s result at rain-lashed Pairc Ui Rinn could be viewed as a surprise following Carbery’s quarter-final heroics against Nemo Rangers, but the intensity and composure the west Cork men brought to the table on that occasion was not in evidence against an excellently-drilled Barrs side.