\u201cI\u2019m probably still caught for words, it\u2019s an unbelievable feeling, it\u2019s an emotional feeling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was confident coming into the game, to be honest, with the team that we had, that if we performed, we\u2019d win.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still not after hitting, to be honest, words can\u2019t describe it, it\u2019s the best feeling in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"Glen](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5264483_5_articleinlinemobile_3596792.jpg\" "\\"Glen")
Glen Rovers players celebrate with the Se\u00e1n \u00d3g Murphy Cup. Picture: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n
It\u2019s only three short years since the pain of relegation for the Glen. An immediate return was secured with minimal fuss, but did Lynch believe that they could challenge for the top honour so soon again?<\/p>\n
\u201cA hundred percent,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we went down, we had a lot of young fellas coming through and we knew that they had serious ability.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re after coming in now and the team is very young, so I had huge confidence in the team, to be honest.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal at the start of every year is to win the county. We have the players, we\u2019re blessed that we still have Patrick Horgan there and you want to soak up as much as you can from him, like a sponge.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely, I knew that the talent was there and the young fellas are just driving it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n There\u2019s a good mix there between older and younger and I expected that this is the level we should be at.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
At half-time on Sunday, the Glen trailed by two points despite having had more of the play. Even so, there was little panic.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look at the Midleton game, it was the same, they had a purple patch just before half-time,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew that the start of the second half was hugely important. We probably didn\u2019t play our best in the first half and were still only two points down. We knew if we\u2019d bring it to them, we\u2019d come out on top.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the start of the second half, we knew that it was important to win the throw-in, get the first point of the second half and drive it on from there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere wasn\u2019t much changes, to be honest. We just knew that we had got caught a couple of times in the first half with puckouts, Ben Cunningham caught a few and had plenty of space so we had to get a bit tighter.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"Eoin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5264237_9_articleinlinemobile_3596786.jpg\" "\\"Eoin")
Eoin O\u2019Leary of Glen Rovers celebrates after his side’s victory in the Cork County Premier Senior Club Hurling Championship final match between Glen Rovers and St Finbarr’s at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n
They did that, ensuring few goal chances for the Barrs or even too many chances from frees.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo and we knew that that was important as well, Ben\u2019ll tip over anything he gets,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were trying to be as tenacious as we could, legally! We\u2019re very lucky, we do have an unbelievable defence and I think it\u2019s a standard set up in the forward line with the work they do.<\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s kind of easy for us then and we have serious defenders.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
“It\u2019s about getting out in front, getting physical, getting a hand, making contact \u2013 but, as I said, trying to be as legal as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those efforts will resume in just under a fortnight against Inagh-Kilnamona of Clare in the Munster Club SHC and the Glen will be keen to keep the campaign going.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cWe\u2019ll enjoy the next few days and then focus on the Munster.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a hundred percent going to go for it and I think we have the capability to go on. We have a serious outfit, a serious team \u2013 we\u2019ll enjoy the next few days and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Lynch was the man with the honour of raising the Se\u00e1n \u00d3g Murphy Cup in the name…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1965,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-659250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-hurling","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659250","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=659250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}