'They are living in the moment' - Young Barrs stars ready to make their own history 

Twenty-nine years is a famine in any dictionary. But when the almost three-decade drought concerns the Barrs hurlers, it’s a barren spell of unthinkable length.
'They are living in the moment' - Young Barrs stars ready to make their own history 

MENTOR: Ger Cunningham, St Finbarr's senior hurling manager. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

The several competing narratives surrounding Sunday’s Cork hurling final has meant reduced attention on the game’s standout stat.

There’s your Barrs double, which hasn’t been done since 1982. There’s the lesser-known double being attempted by a handful of their Blackrock opponents.

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