Carr’s goal was a real captain’s contribution to settle any early nerves, while his composure was key as Niall Toner’s 41st-minute goal threatened to stir a comeback.
“It’s very hard to put into words, you can see what it means to so many people. It feels like there’s thousands and thousands out on the field here,” Carr told BBC Sport NI.
“Just to finally get over the line, it’s more a sense of relief because I feel we’ve probably left a couple behind in the last few years. I mean, finals are just all about winning and thankfully we did that today.
“You know, it’s ten years since we were in a final and I think there’s seven people playing that are involved today that were involved then. So, caginess was probably to be expected.
“The first week back after the Carryduff game in the semi-final, training was cagey. So, maybe training translated right on to the field. But nerves are normal. No matter how cagey it was, I’m just glad we came out to the right side of it.”
The season doesn’t end here for Clonduff, as they’ll go to represent the county in the Ulster Club Championship starting with a preliminary clash against the Tyrone winners on the weekend ending the 1 November.
Their opponents will be known after next Sunday’s Red Hand decider where Errigal Ciaran take on an Edendork side appearing in their first senior final.
“I was reminded there of an Ulster campaign that never came into anybody’s head. So, it’ll be back down there on Wednesday night. Get back to the tactics board and ready to go,” said Carr.
“It’s a massive honour. A massive honour for me and Stephen (McConville) to be up there on behalf of our players lifting the Cup.
“But to represent the county in Ulster is a massive honour for the whole group. Hopefully, we can give it a bit of a run, we’ll take it one game at a time. The Tyrone Champions come out flying in Ulster, it’s bonus territory for us.”
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