Gweedore best in bruising decider

DONEGAL side Gweedore yesterday claimed the senior title in the All-Ireland Comortas Péile na Gaeltachta after a bruising final at Ballingeary.

Gweedore were raging favourites after steam-rolling all before them over the weekend, but the Mayo side proved to be no pushover and in a game where the sides were level on five occasions, deserved to get something from it.

Backed by two current county seniors, Kevin Cassidy and Niall McGee, Gweedore were forced to play second fiddle for long periods, but they put in a storming finish, scoring three unanswered points to take their seventh title, the first since 2004.