Farr first played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Dohenys club in Dunmanway.
His performances for the club resulted in a call-up to the Carbery divisional team.
By that stage, Farr had already joined the junior team and won the first of four Munster JFC medals in 1988.
He claimed back-to-back All-Ireland JFC medals as a substitute in 1989 and on the field of play in 1990.
[4] He won the first of three Munster SFC medals that season and was an unused substitute when Cork were beaten by Derry in the 1993 All-Ireland final.