O’Mahonys Royal kingpins again
And O’Mahonys made their intentions clear immediately. Winning possession at the throw-in, they required just 15 seconds to work the ball through to Alan Forde and on to Shane Gillespie who dummied the Tones goalkeeper and found the net.
Possessing a three point head start, the favourites weren’t about to let their 18th title slip. In fact, by full-time the champions had amassed a double scores victory, thanks in part to the excellence of Gillespie, who was named Man of the Match with 1-1, and county man Stephen Bray, who kicked five points. Former Meath and Leinster footballer Niall McKeigue had a good game too, keepings tabs on Tones danger man Cian Ward before being moved to fire fight elsewhere in defence.
