Dingle hopeful Mark O’Connor will be available for Munster final showdown with the Barrs

"Please God, and I know that Geelong are back training on the first of December, but hopefully we’ll have Mark for the next day,” said manager Padraig Corcoran.

STICKING AROUND?: Mark O'Connor during the AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship semi-final match between Dingle and Mungret St. Pauls. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile.

Dingle manager Padraig Corcoran hasn’t given up hope that midfield talisman Mark O’Connor will be available for the Munster club SFC Final against St Finbarr’s, which will take place in a fortnight, on Sunday, December 7.

O’Connor has been lining out with his home club during the AFL’s off-season, playing in the West Kerry side’s county championship semi-final and final victories over Mid Kerry and Austin Stacks respectively, and again in Sunday’s clash with Mungret St Paul’s.