Drom-Broadford retain Limerick title

Drom-Broadford 0-9 Fr. Casey's 0-7

Two late points by Gareth Noonan enabled reigning Munster champions Drom-Broadford retain their Limerick Senior Football Championship title after a gripping decider at the Gaelic Grounds today.

Admission was free because when the sides met a week ago the game was abandoned at 0-5 each due to a serious leg injury to Fr. Casey's player Tom Cahill.

And it was close all the way on this occasion also, with the Drom-Broadford in front by 0-4 to 0-3 at the interval.

Only a point separated them only two minutes from the end when Seamus Lenihan levelled for Fr. Casey's but they ran out of steam in the crucial dying minutes.

Drom-Broadford: K Noonan; M Boyce, T Stack, D O'Leary; J Ryan, T McLoughlin, E Barry; S Buckley (0-2), P Donnelly; G Egan (0-1), J Stokes, D McCarthy (0-1); R Lynch (0-1), M Reidy (0-2, 0-2f), G Noonan (0-2).

Subs used: N Conway for Boyce, M Clancy for Stack.

Fr. Casey's: P Curtin; J Kelleher, C McCarthy, S Lenihan (0-1); J Riordan, P Browne (0-1), K O'Connor; M Galvin, E Joy (0-1); E McEnery, T Collins (0-1), M Gleeson; P McEnery (0-3, 0-3f), B Quirke, R Browne.

Subs used: J Lenihan for Quirke.

Referee: M O'Connor (Na Piarsaigh)