Plaudits galore for Fermanagh, but Dublin rumble on

The final word, appropriately, was Sean Quigley’s.

Though they lost by eight points, this was Fermanagh’s day and no-one epitomised the never-say-die attitude Pete McGrath’s side brandished at HQ more than their bearded full-forward who kicked over the last score - his eighth - from a free.

It was Quigley who bundled Stephen Cluxton and the ball into the Dublin net after 62 minutes and it was Quigley who harangued the umpires and the referee into awarding the goal when, in truth, he had been guilty of a frontal charge.