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St Eunan’s finish strongly to defeat Dungloe

Dungloe 1-10 St Eunan’s 1-13

St Eunan’s kicked the final three points as they defeated Dungloe in an exciting Donegal SFC final in Ballybofey this afternoon.

Dungloe brought a great edge to the first half and were 0-3 to 0-2 ahead after 18 minutes.

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Ciaran Moore and Ryan Connors then swapped points before Conor O’Donnell Jnr levelled matters at half-time.

HT: Dungloe 0-4 St Eunan’s 0-4

Danny Rodgers and Niall O’Donnell traded frees after the restart before Conor O’Donnell Jnr fired into the net in the 36th minute to push St Eunan’s three ahead.

Dungloe replied with the next two points but Ciaran Moore and Niall O’Donnell steadied ‘Eunan’s up again with fine points.

The Rosses side refused to go away and Barry Curran’s point left them two in arrears with five minutes of normal time remaining.

Kieran Tobin added a point for St Eunan’s before Dungloe were awarded a controversial penalty in the 60th minute and Ryan Connors scored it.

That levelled matters but St Eunan’s found another gear and points from Conor O’Donnell Jnr, Ciaran Moore, and Eoin McGeehin saw them claim the Dr Maguire Cup.

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