'Dwelling on ref decisions is ridiculous': Alan O'Connor refusing to look back in anger at Munster final defeat

Pictured are Brendan Harrington, CEO of McCarthy Insurance Group, Alan O'Connor of St. Finbarrs and Charlie McCarthy of the McCarthy Insurance Group at the Championship launch in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

Long put to bed. How they put it to bed is where curiosity lies. Hard to shut the eyes and slip off when the horror of those final few minutes is playing on loop.

Friday evening’s Cork Premier Senior football opener represents the Barrs’ first time crossing the whitewash for a championship fixture since the disaster that was the Munster final defeat to Dingle on December 7 of last year.