St Flannan's dig deep to book Harty Cup final date with Nenagh CBS

The roll of honour leaders with 22 titles were sucker-punched by a brace of second quarter goals that catapulted St. Joseph’s Tulla to a five point cushion, a margin that would still separate the Clare neighbours by the two-thirds mark.

Harry Doherty of St Flannans. Pic: John Sheridan/Sportsfile

TUS Dr. Harty Cup semi-final: St. Flannan’s College 2-19 St. Joseph’s Secondary School Tulla 3-11 

“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. When you’ve a local derby like this, we knew it was going to be tough so we expected what we got," admitted victorious St. Flannan’s manager Brendan Bugler after his side had produced a remarkable 10 point second half turnaround to return to a second consecutive Harty Cup Final in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chiosóg, Ennis.