Ger Cunningham savours a Barrs win that means 'everything'

Ger Cunningham was able to encapsulate what it meant to end their twenty-nine year famine in just one word, everything

FAMILY AFFAIR: St Finbarr's manager Ger Cunningham with his sons, Ben Cunningham, left, and Sam Cunningham after the Cork County Senior Club Hurling Championship Final match between Blackrock and St Finbarr's at Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The good and the great of St Finbarr’s illustrious past were gathered around the tunnel to soak in their glorious present in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon. 

Dónal O’Grady was amongst those who stood on the steps above, watching as Ger Cunningham held Paul O’Keeffe, their football manager, in a long embrace that said much of what the achievement meant to the gallant old Blues. Cunningham was able to encapsulate what it meant to end their twenty-nine year famine in just one word, everything.