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St Finbarr's will face Ballyea in the AIB Munster club SHC and their task is to record just a second win by a Cork team in the competition since Newtownshandrum won the 2009 provincial final.

JOURNEY: Damien Cahalane of St Finbarr's at the launch of this year’s AIB Camogie All-Ireland Club Championships and the AIB GAA All-Ireland Club Championships. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The night St Finbarr's were reeled in and held to a draw by Charleville in the opening round of the Cork Premier SHC last July, you'd have gotten decent odds on a title success.

Damien Cahalane notes that himself and his brother Conor, both county men, missed that game in Mallow after injuries picked up on football duty but still, it didn't inspire much confidence of a first Cork success in almost 30 years.