Glenealy 1-11
Carnew 0-10
WING FORWARD Eoin Dunne’s late goal secured another senior hurling title for Glenealy at Aughrim. In one of the best hurling finals in years, the sides had been level seven times with never more than a point or two between the teams.
Carnew set the pace with talismanic full-forward Don Hyland leading the charge with a string of points, mostly from frees.
Carnew led 0-7 to 0-6 at half -time but Glenealy hit back four times to level the scores and into the last quarter they were again deadlocked at 0-10 apiece. Hyland had scored nine of those points for Carnew but Glenealy possessed a greater variety of scorers.
Wayne O’Gorman edged Glenealy in front. Carnew came in search of an equaliser but corner-back Mark Collins and Hyland were off target from vital chances.
With four minutes left Dunne blasted a ground shot to the net to send Glenealy on their way to a coveted three-in-a-row.
GLENEALY: J Driver, C O’Neill, M A. O’Neill, R Byrne, Garry Byrne, P Dunne, MJ O’Neill, J O’Neill (0-4, frees), N Driver, T Doyle, W O’Gorman (0-1), E Dunne (1-2), Gavin Byrne, E Glynn (0-3), L Glynn (0-1). Subs: A. Conyard for E. Dunne.
CARNEW: Ted Kennedy; M Collins, G Keogh, P Nolan; S Kinsella, TJ Hennessy, M O’Brien; Thomas Kennedy, W Collins; N Skelton, L Kennedy, R Lambert; B McCrea, D Hyland (0-9, seven frees, one 65), T Collins (0-1). Subs: S. Doyle for Nolan, D Nolan for L. Kennedy, W Kinsella for Thomas Kennedy.
Referee: Damien Byrne, Kiltegan.
