Three reasons why St Finbarr's beat Nemo in county football final

1 – STEVEN SHERLOCK: Nearly every time St Finbarr’s have won in recent years, Steven Sherlock has been at the heart of it.

It wasn’t his best ever performance against Nemo Rangers, but he was still very effective when you watch it back.

Nemo tried their best to nullify Sherlock, but there’s only so much you can do.

Kieran Histon did a pretty good job on Sherlock to be fair in the first half. He ended up with 0-5 (1 2pt f, 0-1 f) when it was all over.

You could have also picked Ian Maguire, Brian Hayes or even William Buckley. There were a few contenders. 

2 – SQUAD DEPTH: The Togher side's strength in depth has been absolutely massive for them this year.

Injuries did hamper them last season, but more or less a full complement of players in this championship has underlined the Barrs’ quality.

Eoin McGreevy, Luke Hannigan, Cillian Myers-Murray and Enda Dennehy have been just some of the players who have impressed in 2025 and a couple of them did so again in this decider.

Myers-Murray in particular with the winning point. He was the hero.

3 – DEFENCE: Brian Roche’s side had the second-best defensive record at the conclusion of the group stage, only just behind Douglas.

They were defensively solid in the quarter-final and semi-final wins over Castlehaven and Ballincollig only conceding one goal against the Collig.

The defence has been a key foundation this year. When questions were asked of them against Nemo Rangers, they stood tall especially in the third quarter. It took Nemo 15 minutes to get their first score of the second half.

There was very little the Barrs could have done with Kevin O’Donovan’s cracking goal in the first 30 minutes.

Nemo will feel they kicked it away with some poor wides. They were put under pressure on several occasions. They couldn't get a second green flag though.