Dessie Farrell hails Dublin spirit and credits O'Shea for 'touch of class'

Like his opposite number, he presumed that Sean O'Shea's pot shot at glory would die on the stiff wind. He couldn't possibly split the posts from 53 metres out. Only O'Shea did and that was that for Dublin after a titanic encounter.

NOT HIS DAY: Dublin manager Dessie Farrell. Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

In the end, Dessie Farrell could only put his hands up and hail 'a touch of class'.

Like his opposite number Jack O'Connor, the Dublin manager presumed that Sean O'Shea's pot shot at glory would die on the stiff wind. He couldn't possibly split the posts from 53 metres out. Only O'Shea did and that was that for Dublin after a titanic encounter.