Back on the hurling front McCarthy won a fourth and final Cork SHC winners' medal after a record crowd of 34,151 saw St Finbarr's beat Glen Rovers by twelve points in the 1977 final.
McCarthy won his fourth and final Cork Senior Hurling Championship title at the 1977 final, where a record-breaking crowd of 34,151 witnessed St Finbarr's triumph over Glen Rovers by twelve points.