Roscommon SFC Final: St Brigid's 1-7, St Faithleach's 1-5 St Brigid's withstood a late St Faithleach's rally to retain the Roscommon title at Hyde Park yesterday as St Faithleach's goaled from a penalty.
With six minutes to go the St Brigid's forward Garvan Dolan was about to be substituted when he was shown a straight red card. However, the champions held out in a tense finish and Frankie Dolan sealed victory with a point.
St Brigid's, who led 0-4 to 0-3 at half-time, were leading by four points thanks to a goal by Garvan Dolan 15 seconds into the second half. Enda Kenny brought St Faithleach's back into the match in the 49th minute when he converted a penalty.
Brendan O'Brien responded with a point but Henry Kenny brought the gap back to a point after 51 minutes.
ST BRIGID'S: J Martin; E Ruane, P Kilcommins, R Kelly; E Mannion, G Aherne, N Grehan; M O'Carroll, K Mannion; D Blaine, F Dolan (0-2, one free), J Tiernan; B O'Brien (0-1), D O'Connor (0-4, two 2 frees), G Dolan (1-0). Subs: C McHugh for Blaine (42 mins), D O'Connor for Ruane (43 mins), P Domican for Aherne (48 mins), S Kilbride for O'Brien (60 mins).
ST FAITHLEACH'S: Derek Thompson; D Murray, A McCormack, G O'Connor; A Murtagh, R Cox, Diarmaid Thompson; M Reynolds, T Ryan; S O'Grady, G Cox (0-2, frees), H Kenny (0-2); A Dooney, E Kenny (1-0, pen), D Hussey. Subs: P Wallace (0-1) for O'Grady (37 mins), S Ormsby for Hussey (52 mins).
Referee: D Hunt.
