No panic: how the Barrs are winning mind games in run to Munster final

TRUE BLUE: Alan O'Connor, St Finbarr's,  who play Dingle in the AIB Munster club SFC final in Thurles on Sunday. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

A scoreline rarely gives the full picture. A County Cup on the dressing-room table can dull and dilute the difficult moments of the journey.

The St Finbarr’s footballers were slow out of the blocks on the opening day of local fare in late July. They were four behind Clon before they realised the county championship had thrown in.