Sean O’Mahony’s booked their place in the Leinster Club IFC final with a narrow 0-10 to 1-6 victory over Kildare side Eadestown at Clan na Gael Park yesterday.
The Point Road men now advance to face Meath champions Ballinlough in the final in Drogheda on Sunday week, November 30th.
The O’Mahony’s had to recover from going five points down in the first half before turning the game around with Conor Finnegan landing what proved to be the vital score in the end as his side held out for a famous win.
Stephen Kilcoyne and Conor Crawley were on target early on for the hosts as they led by 0-2 to 0-1 but three unanswered points from the visitors was followed by a goal from Shane Dowling that had the Kildare men 1-4 to 0-2 in front.
The O’Mahony’s responded well to this setback, however, with two further points from Kilcoyne and another from Liam Dullaghan helping them to close the gap to 1-5 to 0-5 by half-time.
Points from Finnegan and Kurt Murphy then reduced the deficit on the restart before Kilcoyne leveled matters at 0-8 to 1-5.
Stephen Fisher then edged the Quay side in front before Finnegan landed a free five minutes from time in what was to prove the crucial score.
Eadestown did fight back to reduce the deficit back to one through Emmet Bolton but the same player dropped a free short in the closing stages as the O’Mahony’s held out for a huge win.
Sean O’Mahony’s: Kevin Brennan; Pat O’Brien, Mickey Clarke, Ronan Byrne; Kurt Murphy 0-1, John O’Brien, Keith McLaughlin; Shane Brennan, Peter Nixon; Liam Dullaghan 0-1, Conor Finnegan 0-1, Gary Mulligan; Stephen Fisher 0-1, Conor Crawley, Stephen Kilcoyne 0-4. Sub: Conor Martin for K Murphy.
