{"id":105492,"date":"2025-10-26T20:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105492\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:04:11","slug":"a-proud-day-to-be-from-st-finbarrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105492\/","title":{"rendered":"A proud day to be from St Finbarr’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Barry-Murphy was nearly lost for words as he basked in glory as St Finbarr\u2019s are back on top on Leeside.<\/p>\n

The Togher side had to grind it out to overcome Nemo Rangers in the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC final at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

The Barrs won on a scoreline of 1-14 to 1-13 thanks to Cillian Myers-Murray\u2019s late point.<\/p>\n

Barry-Murphy came on board before the 2024 season to be part of Brian Roche\u2019s new management ticket.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great, proud of the lads, delighted for the backroom team,\u201d he said to The Echo post-match.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve done all the work really. Brian Roche, Martin Desmond, Ian Keeler, Tom\u00e1s Manning, they’ve put in a huge amount of work, along with a lot of others who I can\u2019t name.<\/p>\n

\" The St Finbarr’s team celebrate after their win in the McCarthy Insurance Group SFC final at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

\u201cBut a proud day for the Bars and, you know, it could have gone either way out there today, there\u2019s no point in saying otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cNemo are a great club with great spirit, we knew it was going to take a massive effort to beat them, but we just about got home in the end.<\/p>\n

“They had it over us so it’s our turn today. It’s a great county to win because we had to be great teams to win this.”<\/p>\n

Not for the first time this year, St Finbarr\u2019s were in a spot of bother at half-time, but composure and squad depth proved crucial and that has probably been the difference in them getting over the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t happy at half-time, we weren\u2019t playing that well. I thought our second half display was excellent, the players showed great courage and great belief to win the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we were to lose by a point, I don\u2019t think the lads could have given us anymore to be honest. I thought today, substitutes were key for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You hope when you have subs, that they\u2019ll make an impact and they did that. We also had big performances from big players, the likes of Brian Hayes, Ian Maguire and Steven Sherlock. They led from the front.”<\/p>\n

\" Alan O’Donovan, Nemo Rangers, getting in a tackle on St Finbarr’s Ian Maguire. Picture: Dan Linehan<\/p>\n

The pitch invasion once the final whistle blew showed how much this meant to everyone associated with St Finbarr\u2019s. Their four-year drought without Andy Scannell is over and now a first win over Nemo in the final at the fifth attempt.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, you asked me about the Nemo record last week, it\u2019s a big factor, because they\u2019re a fabulous club with an incredible record in finals. That\u2019s why it\u2019s extra special for us today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is a proud day, and I\u2019m proud of the lads. I can\u2019t believe it. I was just overcome completely with emotion when the game was over, great to have my grandchildren here today, it\u2019s just fantastic. I never thought I\u2019d see that day again.\u201d Barry-Murphy concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Barry-Murphy was nearly lost for words as he basked in glory as St Finbarr\u2019s are back on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4365,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-105492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gaelic-football","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}