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\nDaingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais captain Paul Geaney with the cup<\/p>\n
Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais 1-18 St Finbarr’s 0-20<\/p>\n
A dramatic finish to the AIB Munster Senior Club Football Championship final saw Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais claim a maiden title after Conor Geaney fired over a two-point score at the death to defeat St Finbarr’s at Semple Stadium.<\/p>\n
Time was up when the corner-forward curled the ball over the bar from a free, and that completed a comeback that saw the Kerry side overcome a seven-point deficit at the beginning of the second half.<\/p>\n
The full-time result ends a remarkable year that saw Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais end a 77-wait to lift the Bishop Moynihan Cup, and this sets up a meeting with Ballyboden St Enda’s in the All-Ireland semi-finals on the first weekend of January.<\/p>\n
St Finbarr’s will be left holding their heads after going into the break with a healthy 0-14 to 1-06 advantage and an inspired Steven Sherlock, with the forward finishing the afternoon with 0-16 in his personal record book, including six orange flags.<\/p>\n
A Paul Geaney goal in the 15th minute helped Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais stay within touching distance by making it 0-08 to 1-04, and Mark O\u2019Connor levelled things shortly after.<\/p>\n
\nDaingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais captain Paul Geaney with the cup<\/p>\n
The Blues finished the opening half with a flourish, with Brian Hayes getting his first of the game and Sherlock kicked his fourth two-pointer, this one from play. The forward got one more before the break, in addition to raising a white flag from play, which gave the Cork champions all the momentum when the referee blew the short whistle.<\/p>\n
Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais came back out and Dylan Geaney scored twice in quick succession, just before St Finbarr\u2019s rattled off 0-04, a haul that included another Sherlock two-pointer, this one from a free.<\/p>\n
That meant it was 0-18 to 1-08 in favour of the Cork side after 37 minutes, and that was the moment when things shifted over the border and towards south-west Kerry.<\/p>\n
A Conor Geaney free started the comeback, followed quickly by Dylan Geaney two-pointer. Tom O\u2019Sullivan continued this streak from his position at corner-back, and Hayes replied with what turned out to be St Finbarr\u2019s final score in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n
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\nSt Finbarr’s Sam Ryan tackled by Conor Geaney and Paul Geaney<\/p>\n
Dylan Geaney kept things ticking over, to reduce the gap down by one, and the forward followed this up with an orange flag from a free that made it 0-20 to 1-16 as the referee signalled three minutes of added time.<\/p>\n
St Finbarr\u2019s had chances, as they tried to turn a prolonged spell in possession into an insurance score.<\/p>\n
However, there was a dramatic and controversial twist.<\/p>\n
As Finbarr’s sought to play keep-ball, Ian Maguire was penalised for over-carrying under severe pressure and then the ball was contentiously marched up 50 metres after Dylan Quinn was deemed to have delayed the free by picking up the loose ball.<\/p>\n
This left a kickable free just outside the arc, Conor Geaney floating it over the bar to edge the Kerry champions in front with no time remaining.<\/p>\n
The forward\u2019s name was immortalised in his home parish, just as the celebrations by the supporters that made the three hour journey to Thurles were getting underway.<\/p>\n
Daingean U\u00ed Ch\u00fais: Gavin Curran; Brian O’Connor, Tom Leo O\u2019Sullivan, Tom O\u2019Sullivan (0-2); Aidan O\u2019Connor, Conor Flannery, Patrick O\u2019Connor; Mark O\u2019Connor (0-1), Billy O\u2019Connor; Tadhg Browne, Paul Geaney (1-2, 1f), Dylan Geaney (0-9, 2 2pt, 2f); Conor Geaney (0-4, 2f, 1 2pt from free), Matthew Flaherty, Niall Geaney.<\/p>\n
Subs: Ned Ryan for B O\u2019Connor (40), Mikey Geaney for Browne (48), Cathal Bambury for Flaherty (59).<\/p>\n
St Finbarr\u2019s: Darragh Newman; Billy Hennessy, Luke Hannigan (0-1), Sam Ryan; Enda Dennehy, Alan O\u2019Connor, Ciar\u00e1n Doolan; Ian Maguire, Brian Hayes (0-2); William Buckley, Steven Sherlock (0-16, 6 2pts, 4 2pts from frees), Conor Dennehy; John Wiggington Barrett (0-1), Ethan Twomey, Ricky Barrett.<\/p>\n
Subs: Eoin McGreevey for Barrett (40); Cillian Myres Murray for Twomey (55); Dylan Quinn for Wiggington Barrett (55).<\/p>\n
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