Concannon the toast of Ballingeary

A POINT from a 50-metre free by Andreas Concannon in the 60th minute gave Ballingeary a dramatic victory in the Evening Echo IFC replay at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

In the worst conditions imaginable, the Gaeltacht club created history by winning their first adult county title and while no-one would have quibbled had the game gone to extra-time, Ballingeary just deserved the win.

Their defence played a huge part. Holding out against the driving wind and rain in the opening half, they kept Castletownbere to level scores, 0-2 each, before soaking up enormous pressure in the six minutes of added time to fashion a thrilling victory.