Players left in daze as reality exceeds fantasy

THE notion of Carrigtwohill, a club that have flirted with relegation in the last couple of years, triumphing in the Cork SHC final was scarcely believable at the start of this season.

Those sentiments were shared by Carrigtwohill’s star man Niall McCarthy yesterday as the realisation of what they had achieved began to sink in.

“It’s hard to sum that up as words couldn’t do justice to what was an unbelievable day. In the first round this year we played Ballinhassig and only won by two points. They went down intermediate and we ended up in the final.