St Finbarr’s selector John Cremin says the club’s football success last season has lifted them as they look to end their 29-year wait for the Cork senior hurling title this weekend.

The Barrs meet Blackrock this Sunday at Pairc Ui Chaoimh where the Sean Og Murphy Cup will be on the line, with Blackrock gunning for a record 34th title.

Speaking to Sky Sports GAA ahead of the decider, Cremin, a former great with his club in the 1970s and 80s, hopes that Barrs can repeat the success of the club’s footballers last year on the big stage this weekend.

"The success of the Barrs footballers has lifted the club," he said.

"Last year was a phenomenal year with the Barrs club, with the winning of the Cork county senior football championship, great victory and a nail-biting finish against Clonakilty. And then you had two of, for me arguably, the greatest occasions in the history of the Barrs club where you had the Munster club final against Austin Stacks in Thurles and you also had the All-Ireland club semi-final against Kilcoo, the eventual winners. But they were two magnificent days for the Barrs club.

"They really did energise our club, our players and our supporters. And that really has fed through into this year, and it has fed through into the hurling section of the club. They have taken heart from it, inspiration from it, and that has put us on a good footing this year. There is no question about it, the tremendous success of the Barrs senior footballers, they have been cornerstones for the position we find ourselves in this year, where we are now competing in both the county hurling final and the football final."

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