Éire Óg 2-13 Tinryland 0-7
Welcome back to Carlow town side Éire Óg who annexed their 31st senior football crown with 12 points to spare at Dr Cullen Park on Sunday.
In a terrible first half the winners led by 0-4 to 0-2 but a brace of second half goals from man of the match Ross Dunphy and Murtough Ware killed off the game as a contest.
St Loman's 0-9 Coralstown/Kinnegad 0-7
A John Heslin-inspired St Loman's claimed their seventh Westmeath senior football crown in 11 years in a tough but interesting duel at Cusack Park, Mullingar on Sunday.
With their skipper Heslin deadly from frees, the winners led by 0-5 to 0-1 at the interval and when Liam Daly got his side’s second score a minute after the resumption, you could sense that the Coralstown/Kinnegad boys were up for the fight.
That proved to be true and they were level within 11 minutes of the restart thanks to points from Shane Fleming (two) and a Darren Giles free.
It was then that the Mullingar town side showed their mettle with Kevin Regan restoring their advantage and while Giles and Heslin and Brían Cooney and Heslin exchanged score, both from placed balls by the winning skipper.
A late goal would have won it for CK or a point brought parity but Loman’s defended well until TJ Fox sealed the outcome with a fine point deep into the time red zone.
