Cork Premier SFC: Past experience means final favouritism doesn't sit well with St Finbarr’s

The Barrs were odds on to defeat Clonakilty in the 2009 Cork SFC final - but things didn't work according to plan

‘We are lucky in terms of the backroom staff we have, we all have our horror stories from losing county finals with the Barrs. There are very few of us with winners’ medals. It is very easy for us not to be complacent,’ says St. Finbarr’s manager Paul O’Keeffe. Picture: Jim Coughlan

St Finbarr’s manager Paul O’Keeffe vividly remembers the club’s 2009 Cork SFC final defeat to Clonakilty.

When asked if he was involved on the sideline for that afternoon, O’Keeffe shook his head, before adding, tongue-in-cheek, “I was crying up in the stand”.