However, after 2013 losses to Glen Rovers, Douglas and Ballymartle, the famed Togher club found themselves fearing the dreaded drop, with their status hinging on this ‘Battle of the Blues’ with Ballinhassig in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.
As is often the case with these relegation play-offs, it was a tense and close affair, but at the end it was the Barr’s who were still standing.
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