Blackrock, Glen Rovers and St Finbarr's. The big three of Cork city and county hurling have won over 60% - in that order - of all the senior crowns.
Their collective stranglehold has slipped since the turn of the millennium but still the Rockies last won two years ago and the Glen in 2015 and '16.
Until last month’s victory over Blackrock in teeming rain, however, the Barrs had been waiting since 1993.
"It was unbelievable to get over the line in the end," Cork and St Finbarr’s defender Damien Cahalane tells RTÉ Sport.
"It’s something that you always dreamed of. And 29 years since they won their last one.
"A number of us have been on the road 12 or 13 years. You’re kind of wondering 'Is it going to happen at any stage?'
"Coming up to it there was a massive build-up around which clubs were in the final.
"There was obviously a mention of who we were playing and everything else because you're trying to prepare for them. But I don't think it was overplayed. There was nothing in terms of going back into the history of the rivalry or anything.
"It’s not that it didn’t mean anything to us who we meet but it was a county final, it was there to be performed in and there to be win. So it didn’t really matter to the playing group who you were playing against.
"But the fact that it was Blackrock would have been a nice thing for the older heads in the club."
Even sweeter than ending the drought against old rivals was doing so alongside younger brothers Conor – whose goal was decisive in the final – and Jack.
"Growing up at home, there was seven of us. Three lads and four girls. The girls are probably putting us to shame in terms of their medal haul and what they have done in their games.
"But it’s something that you dream of growing up to be able to play with your brothers.
"The older you’re getting, I was 30 this year, you’re wondering can you prolong your career, hold on and play with Jack? I had played with Conor with at that stage.
"It’s something that’s nice. You know what you have got with them. You know you can trust them on the field. It probably adds to it a bit."
St Finbarr’s are a proud dual club - the only one to have claimed the All-Ireland title in both codes. They won the big-ball crown last season and were only denied a Cork double by Nemo Rangers a fortnight after this year's hurling decider.
The Cahalanes all play football too – just not for the Barrs. Rather, they line out for Castlehaven, the home club of their father Niall, a two-time All-Ireland winner with the Rebels.
Damien reckons there are up to dozen Finbarr’s players involved in both codes, and the meetings with the Haven have been frequent in recent years.
"We have played against each other the last three semi-finals in a row. We won one on penalties, they won one on penalties and beat us by four points this year in another close game.
"It’s a nice rivalry. More so than it being bitter I think that it’s just that both teams are at the absolute pinnacle of football in Cork, along with Nemo. The reality of it is you’re vying to give yourself a shot at a championship when we play against the Barrs.
"There’s no animosity or anything between the dual players. We go back training the next week and pull on a Barrs jersey and you’re going to war with those guys. I don’t think it affects the hurling.
"It is spoken about. I think if it was all hush-hush it would be worse. If either team have lost, they’re nearly the ones to bring the game up and break the ice."
Thoughts now move to the challenge of Clare champions Ballyea, who they face in a Munster semi-final at Cusack Park on Sunday.
A club that has won Munster four times and gone all the way twice expects more than a token effort in the provincial stages.
"You have to enjoy it and we did enjoy it but that's parked now. We realise what we're going in to," says Cahalane.
"There are fellas who have played, myself from previous years with Castlehaven and the Barrs football lads that have played in Munster championship, all of these guys know that the competition goes up another notch. So if your preparation, training, and intensity isn't the pitch then you're wasting your time.
"We won a county this year and that was obviously the fruits of hard work, this year and all up through the years at underage.But you don’t know when that opportunity is going to come again.
"Cork county championships are hard-won and you’re in a position now where you can be happy with what you’ve done or you can challenge yourself to pit yourself against the champions from other counties and see how far you can go.
"I’d like to hope that we’re in the second bracket, that we can try and challenge ourselves to push on a bit.
"We have a massive challenge ahead of us against Ballyea, we know that, but it’s up to us to do the work to make sure that we’re in a good position to perform on the day."
Cahalane will be back again with Cork next year and was delighted to see both Pat Ryan take over as manager and talisman Patrick Horgan (34) commit to another campaign.
"Pat’s a fantastic guy," says Cahalane. "He has dealt with a lot of the older guys from the time he was there in 2016-17 and a lot of the younger guys coming through from the 20s.
"Everyone is looking forward to going back to work and giving it the best shot we can. I have no doubt that Pat will have a great setup. We just have to row in with that and get behind him.
"Hoggy’s evergreen. He’s class, one of the best I have ever seen: in training, games he’s incredible.
"I don’t think he’s chasing success or anything, he just has a genuine love for the game and a confidence in himself that he still has the ability to do it.
"It’s great to see him going back again."
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