St Finbarr’s visit brings Paul Downey back to days in blue

T’was in the middle of last month when it dawned on Dr Crokes secretary Paul Downey that his first adopted club, St Finbarr’s, could, potentially, be paying a visit to Lewis Road for a Munster semi-final.

The Barr’s were after securing passage back into the Cork final, with Crokes preparing to do likewise across the border. A quick scan of the Munster GAA website told him the Cork and Kerry champions, should the latter overcome Tipperary’s representatives in a provincial quarter-final, would meet on November 11.