Kilcormac/Killoughey edge past Birr to set up date with St Rynagh’s

St Rynagh’s and Kilcormac/Killoughey will clash in an Offaly SHC final for the first time after they registered penultimate round victories over Shinrone and Birr, respectively, in Tullamore yesterday.

Neither encounter set pulses racing, however, but the curtain-raiser was closely fought out and it was second-half sub Killian Leonard who was the hero, landing the decisive injury-time point as Danny Owens-managed Kilcormac/Killoughey edged out Birr 1-11 to 0-13.

The Double Ks, who last reached the final in 2009, deservedly led 1-7 to 0-4 at the interval, the goal slammed home by Conor Mahon in the 20th minute.