Three key moments as the Barrs end their famine

To hold Blackrock to one point from play in the second period - and two second-half points in total - is a sizeable feather in the cap of the Barrs defence

KEY MAN: Conor Cahalane, the Barrs, in action in the driving rain in the Co-Op Superstores Premier Senior Hurling Championship final; St Finbarrs vs Blackrock at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Ballintemple Cork. Pic: Larry Cummins

1: The second half was two minutes old when Alan Connolly set off on a stampede towards the Barrs goal. It being Connolly on the charge, four blue shirts were immediately drawn to the Cork senior.

Sensing the closing circle of blue, Connolly popped possession out to the unmarked Michael O’Halloran. The half-forward let fly for goal, his effort superbly blocked by Glenn O’Connor.