Dalkey side hold on to add football title to All-Ireland club credits
All-Ireland Club SFC Final: Cuala 3-14 Errigal Ciarán 1-16’s footballers, by history and tradition the supporting act in Dalkey, achieved the extraordinary. By lifting the Andy Merrigan Cup, they became only the second club afterfinal was an unbelievably close-run contest. It effectively ended when replacement Conor Groarke fisted a point in the last minute to restore a four-point lead.
Manager Enda McGinley said afterwards that brother Ruairí, the other half of the sibling strike force that had blown open the previous week’s semi-final, had also sustained concussion late in the match and both brothers had been hospitalised. Eight minutes later, another incisive move featuring both wing backs ended with David O’Dowd shooting Cuala into a 2-6 to 0-1 lead – the assist from Ó Cofaigh Byrne.
Errigan Ciarán's Niall Kelly, Ben McDonnell and Odhran Robinson after the game. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
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