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St. Mary's strike late to see off St. Kiernan's

Two injury-time goals helped St. Mary's to victory over St. Kiernan's in the AIB Connacht Club SFC Quarter-Final. 

Two injury-time goals helped St. Mary's to victory over St. Kiernan's in the AIB Connacht Club SFC Quarter-Final. 

AIB Connacht Club SFC quarter-final

St. Mary’s Kiltoghert 3-8 St. Kiernan’s 1-8

Two late goals helped Leitrim champions St. Mary’s to a dramatic AIB Connacht Club SFC quarter-final victory over London champions St. Kiernan’s at McGovern Park on Saturday.

The match looked like it was going to extra-time with the teams deadlocked on 1-8 apiece with normal time almost up.

But then St. Mary’s substitute Jack Barnes struck for an audacious lobbed goal to push the Leitrim champions three points ahead.

St. Kiernan’s were forced to go on an all-out attack in response, but St. Mary’s hit them on the counter and Nicholas McWeeney scored another goal for the Leitrim club into an unguarded net.

It was a tough way to lose for a St. Kiernan’s team that played some great football and pushed four points ahead at one stage in the first half.

St. Mary’s eventually settled and at half-time the teams were level at 1-4 apiece with Kenny O’Connor raising a green flag for St. Kiernan’s and Diarmuid Kelleher doing the same for St. Mary’s.

St Kiernan’s moved three points ahead in the second-half but wouldn’t score again as St. Mary’s came with a late, match-winning charge.

Scorers for St Mary’s Kiltoghert: D Kelleher, N McWeeney, J Barnes 1-0 each, P Keaney 0-3 (2f), J Casey 0-2, G Reynolds, C Hackett, D O’Connell 0-1 each.

Scorers for St Kiernan’s: K O’Connor 1-2 (0-1f), C Farley 0-4 (3f), M Mangan, O Kerr 0-1 each.

St Mary’s Kiltoghert: S Reynolds; C Farrell, M Diffley, G Reynolds; C Hackett, N McWeeney, A Reynolds; P Keaney, J McGrail; D Farrell, D Kelleher, K McCrann; J Casey, O Bohan, C Singleton. Subs: D O’Connell for McCrann (45), J Barnes for Singleton (52), B Farrell for Hackett (58).

St Kiernan’s: D McDonagh; G Kingston, C Carty, K Curran; D Carribine, M Mangan, D Rogers; J Moran, O Kerr; T Waters, C Farley, W Brazil; K McCarthy, K O’Connor, E Walsh. Subs: J Rock for McCarthy (23), M Mulholland for Rogers (50), S Tucker for Kerr (54), B Rutledge for O’Connor (58), S McManus for Brazil (59).

Referee: J Henry (Mayo).