Relentless Corofin show no mercy as St Brigid’s buckle

Corofin (Galway) 2-13 St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 0-5: In a way, it was a pity that referee Jerome Henry blew full-time just as Michael Farragher bore down on goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time, as another point would have given Corofin the biggest winning margin ever in a Connacht final.

As it happened, the Galway champions equalled the 14-point margin Knockmore inflicted on Leitrim’s Sean O’Heslin’s back in 1973, but the stat by which Corofin measure themselves is silverware.

And so, having collected a seventh Connacht title to join Clann na nGael at the top of the roll of honour just weeks after winning their first four in a row in Galway, Corofin will quickly turn their attentions to a tilt at a third All- Ireland crown in the spring.