St Eunan’s 1-18
Setanta 1-17
St Eunan’s secured the Senior Hurling Championship title courtesy of a dramatic one-point win over Setanta after extra-time on Saturday evening at O’Donnell Park.
The Letterkenny men enjoyed a dominant opening stanza and led by nine at the interval, with Peter Kelly scoring seven points.
Half-time: St Eunan’s 0-12-0-3 Setanta
The O’Donnell Park residents extended their cushion to 11 after the restart before the Cross outfit hit 1-8 unanswered.
Oisin Marley was in fine form, slotting over five points, while a late Sean Ward meant that extra-time was required to determine a winner.
Full-time: St Eunan’s 0-14-1-11 Setanta
The contest remained level until midway through the second period of extra-time when back-to-back scores from Marley and Gavin Gilmore gave the reigning champions a two-point advantage.
However, there was to be late drama as a stoppage time major from St Eunan’s substitute Fearghal Delaney secure the Munster Cup for Chris McAuley’s side.