St Brigid's Brian Stack: 'What won it was probably our start'

For Castlehaven captain Mark Collins, there was frustration that the one area they had really gone after in their preparations - a smart and swift start - was the one area that ultimately cost them.

FINAL BOUND: Mark Daly, right, and Brian Stack of St Brigids after their side's victory in the Roscommon County Senior Club Football Championship final. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Brian Stack was 14 watching St Brigid’s contest and come up short in the 2011 All-Ireland club football final. He was a 16-year-old spectator when they went a step further and up the steps of the Hogan Stand in 2013.

Joint-captains Gearóid Cunniffe and Darragh Donnelly hoisting aloft the Andy Merrigan Cup crowned not only a glorious and historic season for Brigid's but a sustained period of dominance and authority for the Kiltoom club.