Hurling’s finishing school

In recent years the Fitzgibbon Cup has become a vital breeding ground to gain experience for the inter-county game

In the final of this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup, members of the Cork All-Ireland senior hurling panel, sub keeper Darren McCarthy, Killian Murphy, William Egan, Conor Lehane and Seamus Harnedy, lined out for UCC.

Another current Cork player, corner-forward Luke O’Farrell, played for beaten finalists Mary Immaculate alongside Clare’s John Conlon and Colm Galvin.