Eamonn Callaghan’s 46th minute goal put them 10 points ahead but they failed to score for the remainder of the game and it was DCU and Dublin corner-back Philly McMahon who palmed home the winning goal.
Kildare disputed that McMahon was in the square before Dean Rock, a real menace at full-forward in the second-half, squared it to him two minutes into injury-time.
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