{"id":650936,"date":"2026-10-10T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/650936\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:50:10","slug":"st-finbarrs-book-final-date-with-nemo-after-seeing-off-clon-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/650936\/","title":{"rendered":"St Finbarr’s book final date with Nemo after seeing off Clon challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Finbarr\u2019s: 2-12 (2-2-8)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clonakilty: 0-16 (0-3-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n

A workmanlike display from the holders, St Finbarr\u2019s, saw them overcome Clonakilty by two points in the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC semi-final at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Togher side return to the decider where they will lock horns with southside rivals Nemo Rangers for the second year on the trot.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a cracking game by any stretch, but the Barrs did what they had to do. Two green flags in the opening 30 minutes gave them a five-point buffer at half-time.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t at full throttle and, even though there was just two in it at the end, they were full value for the win.<\/p>\n

The double is still on, with their hurlers set to contest the Premier Senior final against Glen Rovers next Sunday.<\/p>\n

The introduction of substitutes, most notably former Cork U20 player Darragh Gough, gave Clonakilty a lift, but it was a match where they played in fits and starts, with the concession of two goals proving costly.<\/p>\n

Darragh Newman’s heroics were matched by Clonakilty’s wastefulness, the goalkeeper saving a first-half penalty and tipping a late Se\u00e1n White effort onto the crossbar.<\/p>\n

\" Darragh Gough in action for Clonakilty against St Finbarr’s. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

The sides traded early points in a game that took time to catch fire. Clonakilty did have more possession but were quite wasteful, registering three wides inside seven minutes.<\/p>\n

The Barrs were the opposite and got a goal a minute later when Ian Maguire\u2019s purposeful run set up Rickey Barrett for a palmed finish to the net.<\/p>\n

A trademark Steven Sherlock two-point free from near the sideline gave his side a five-point cushion that was probably harsh on Clonakilty.<\/p>\n

A peach of a crossfield pass from Ross Mannix to Conor Daly reduced the margin to four, but St Finbarr\u2019s were slicker, with Brian Hayes running the show in midfield.<\/p>\n

Brian Roche\u2019s outfit landed two white flags without reply to lead 1-5 to 0-2 after 21 uneventful minutes.<\/p>\n

Clonakilty brought on forwards Gough and Dylan Harrington, both not fit enough to start due to respective injuries, and they added a bit of dynamism in attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gough pointed within a couple of minutes of coming on as the Brewery Town side trailed by five points with five minutes remaining until the short whistle.<\/p>\n

The young forward then landed a free, followed by a fine Dara \u00d3 S\u00e9 effort, leaving it 1-5 to 0-5 after 28 minutes.<\/p>\n

But they suffered a sucker punch when Maguire\u2019s effort for a point dropped short and Thomas Egan was quickest to react, slotting the ball into the net.<\/p>\n

Clonakilty were given a huge shot in the arm when they were awarded a penalty after Mannix was fouled. Gough stepped up, but Newman made an incredible fingertip save to push it out for a 45, which goalkeeper Mark White converted, leaving it 2-5 to 0-6 at half-time.<\/p>\n

\" Dylan Quinn with possession for St Finbarr’s. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

Clon made a positive start to the new half, which they had to. Chris Kenneally pointed a minute after the restart as they dominated possession early on, followed by another Gough white flag.<\/p>\n

Another quality Sherlock two-point free settled St Finbarr\u2019s, making it 2-7 to 0-8 after 35 minutes.<\/p>\n

Or so we thought. A Harrington point followed by an outrageous Gough orange flag left Clon just two points adrift.<\/p>\n

Substitute Conor Dennehy did get a timely point for St Finbarr\u2019s, only their second score of the half to that point, with a quarter of the game remaining, 2-8 to 0-11.<\/p>\n

But the reigning champions always had that extra gear in them and a pair of Hayes efforts, along with a Sherlock point, gave their side a six-point advantage heading down the home straight.<\/p>\n

An \u00d3 S\u00e9 two-pointer did give Clon a bit of hope, but Barrett bisected the posts to keep their opponents at arm\u2019s length, 2-12 to 0-13 after 55 minutes.<\/p>\n

Daly did cut the gap to four before substitute Se\u00e1n White\u2019s palmed effort struck the crossbar in added time, which summed up their night.<\/p>\n

Daly then slotted over a two-pointer to leave just two in it, but their brave fightback came too little, too late. Gough did have a two-point effort to draw level, which dropped short.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Barrs march into another decider.<\/p>\n

Scorers for St Finbarr\u2019s: S Sherlock 0-6 (2 2pt f, 0-1 f), B Hayes 0-4, R Barrett 1-1, T Egan 1-0, C Dennehy 0-1.<\/p>\n

Clonakilty: C Daly (1 2pt), D Gough (1 2pt, 0-1 f) 0-5 each, D \u00d3 S\u00e9 0-3 (1 2pt), M White (0-1 45), C Kenneally, D Harrington 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

ST FINBARR\u2019S: D Newman; D Quinn, F Crowley, S Ryan; C Scully, A O\u2019Connor, C Doolan; I Maguire, B Hayes; T Egan, R Barrett, E Dennehy; J Wigginton-Barrett, S Sherlock (c), W Buckley.<\/p>\n

Subs: C Dennehy for A O\u2019Connor (23, inj), J Burns for D Quinn (h-t-FT, temp), L Hannigan for E Dennehy (43), C Myers-Murray for J Wigginton-Barrett (56).<\/p>\n

CLONAKILTY: M White (c); D Darragh, D Peet, D Lowney; S White, T Clancy, J O\u2019Mahony; B Ridgeway, M Shanley; D Kenneally, D \u00d3 S\u00e9, C Kenneally; S McEvoy, R Mannix, C Daly.<\/p>\n

Subs: D Gough for S McEvoy, D Harrington for S White (both 23), K O\u2019Driscoll for D Kenneally (49), S White for B Ridgeway (56).<\/p>\n

Referee: Conor Lane (Banteer-Lyre).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Finbarr\u2019s: 2-12 (2-2-8)\u00a0 Clonakilty: 0-16 (0-3-10)\u00a0 A workmanlike display from the holders, St Finbarr\u2019s, saw them overcome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15389,1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-650936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-county-championship","tag-cork-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650936","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=650936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}