Barrs tasked with ending Cork's 13 years of Munster Club SHC woe

It’s a famine that only raises its head when the little All-Ireland has been played and the Cork hurling champions make for the province.

ACE: St. Finbarr’s Brian Hayes will be crucial to his side's chances in Munster. ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

It’s the lesser-known Cork hurling famine. A yearning that only raises its head when the little All-Ireland has been played and the Cork hurling champions make for the province.

Over the past 13 years, though, the respective Cork champions haven’t had very much success when making for the province. In fact, they’ve had no success at all.