And it was no more than the Dublin side deserved after defeating two of the favourites, Dicksboro (Kilkenny) and Na Piarsaigh (Cork), in the quarter and semi-finals, respectively.
This game was a fitting climax to a tremendous Féile weekend and there were some outstanding individual performances. Crokes had a superb centre-back in Bill O’Carroll, while Reardon deservedly took the Man of the Match award.
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