Watch: Dingle's dramatic and controversial Munster final winner against the Barrs

Dingle had trailed St Finbarr's by seven points in the second half the Munster Club SFC final but the Kerry champions pulled off an incredible comeback

Conor Geaney and Tom O'Sullivan celebrate the winning score in the Munster Club SFC final against St Finbarr's. Pic: Dan Linehan

Dingle won the Munster Club SFC title with an extraordinary victory over St Finbarr's at Semple Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Conor Geaney kicked a controversial last-gasp two-point free to claim a one-point victory for the Kerry side.

Referee Chris Maguire brought the ball forward 50m after he appeared to adjudge the Barrs had not handed the ball back to Dingle following a foul. The decision moved the ball to within scoring distance for Conor Geaney. His brother Dylan had tried to take the responsibility off Conor's shoulders.

"Dylan looked over, he said he wanted it. I just said, nah," Conor Geaney explained to TG4.

"It was on the left so I had a claim to it. It was outside the arc so it took a bit of pressure off it, I think.

"Then, I suppose I would have been more nervous if it had been inside the 21. I just wanted to put the head down, get a good strike on it and knew the second I'd kicked it (that it was over).

"Unbelievable feeling, probably the best feeling I've ever had."

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Geaney said Dingle were glad the final whistle was blown after the winning free as "we had nothing left in the tank".

The Barrs had led by five points at the break and by seven in the second half. Steven Sherlock scored an incredible 12 points for the Barrs in the first half, finishing with 16 overall and the man of the match award.

"To be honest, numb is probably the word at the moment," Sherlock said after the defeat.

"We left everything out there and probably to lose the way it happened, bringing the free forward 50, I don't know, I'm just devastated. Absolutely devastated.

"To be honest, I'd have to watch it back. You'd be kind of in the moment there towards the end, kind of trying to hang on to the ball and win. Look, it just didn't go our way there at the end, we're devastated."

It was the Sherlock show in the first half but the Geaneys took centre stage in the second period. Dylan Geaney kicked eight points in the second half, adding to his one in the first. 

"Dylan helped us a lot," said Conor.

"He brought us back into it in the second half. He told me there that his two-pointer was a high ball into the square. We actually went in at half-time thinking that we didn't play that bad but the two-pointers, Sherlock's kick was just... he's just an unbelievable kicker.

"Delighted, absolutely delighted - best day ever."

Two years ago, Dingle suffered defeat to Castlehaven in the Munster final after a penalty shootout. 

"That was the toughest day I've ever had on the pitch," said Conor.

"We felt that we got a second chance here and said to ourselves that these chances rarely, rarely come around. There's a good chance we might never see it again so we had to take it."