[1][2][3][4][5] Glen Rovers and St Finbarr's first played a senior championship match on 7 October 1934; as of August 2020, the two clubs have faced each other 38 times in total.
[8] St Finbarr's, along with their great rivals from the early years of the championship Blackrock, are the only two teams that have never been relegated or faced regrading from senior level.
[9] Glen Rovers was established in 1916 after five Blackpool-based members of the Brian Dillons club broke away over the failure to present winners' medals to the players after claiming the Cork Minor Championship in 1915.
The first recorded meeting of the Glen Rovers and St Finbarr's senior teams was in the Bride Valley Gold Medal Tournament on 20 March 1927.
It was also the first of a record eight final victories in succession for Glen Rovers, a sequence which included defeats of St Finbarr's at different stages of the championship in 1941 and 1943.
[11] St Finbarr's secured their first championship victory over Glen Rovers in the 1943 semi-final before the two sides clashed for the second time in a final on 22 October 1944.
The history of a decade earlier repeated itself as the Barr's entered the match as reigning champions in search of a third successive title, while the rivalry had been amplified as a result of their clashes in the Augustinians Tournaments.
Glen Rovers recorded their eighth championship win over St Finbarr's in the 1954 first round before both sides clashed in their fifth final on 9 October 1955.
The Glen had secured second position on the all-time roll of honour the previous year, leading the Barr's 15-14, and were in search of a third successive title.
An inspired St Finbarr's scored four goals in a fifteen-minute spell in the first half which saw them secure a 5-04 to 2-02 half-time lead and put the game beyond doubt, with the Cork Examiner stating that "never was a win more justified."
The last twenty minutes of the game saw both sides launch several onslaughts on the others goal, however, the Glen's defence held firm to secure a 4-06 to 3-05 win and edge them 4-2 ahead on the county final victory front.
The favourites tag looked justified as St Finbarr's dominated the first half until a Christy Ring goal gave Glen Rovers a 1-04 to 0-06 interval lead.
The second period of play ebbed and flowed, with scored by Mick Archer and Mossie Finn of St Finbarr's setting up a cliffhanger finale.
St Finbarr's recorded back-to-back victories over Glen Rovers for the first time in their history in the early rounds of the championship in 1965 and 1966, before clashing for the fourth successive year in the 1967 final.
Goals by Bill Carroll and Mick Kenneally gave Glen Rovers a lead that they would not relinquish, with goalkeeper Finbarr O'Neill's performance being singled out for particular praise in the local press.
A series of long-range points, including a 100-yard effort from John Allen, powered St Finbarr's to a 1-17 to 1-05 victory and a first final win over the Glen since 1955.
When the sides met on 12 October 1980 in the 1980 final, St Finbarr's were presented with the chance of winning the double, having earlier secured the County Football Championship title.