Ranked 2/1 outsiders as a result of losing the Ulster final, and having required extra-time to scrape by Kerry in the quarter-finals, they also trailed for around 50minutes of this game.
But once they finally got a sniff of victory and moved into a winning position with just four minutes to go, they stubbornly stayed there.
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