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Derry SFC Final: Loup 0-11 0-7 Ballinderry
Loup celebrated their first Derry senior football title in 67 years by claiming a deserved victory over 2002 All-Ireland Champions Ballinderry at Celtic Park.
The side managed by former Fermanagh player Malachy O'Rourke thoroughly deserved their win in the battle of the Lough Shore outfits.
Ballinderry may point to a controversial refereeing decision in injury-time when Aidan McGilligan awarded a free-out instead of a penalty after substitute Gerard Cassidy appeared to have been fouled in the parallelogram.
At that stage, Loup led by three points so a successful penalty would have levelled the match.
However in truth, Ballinderry wouldn't have deserved a replay.
With the McFlynn brothers Paul and Shane in superb scoring form, Loup always looked the sharper outfit.
Centre half-back Padraig O'Kane produced an outstanding display for the winners while Ronan Rocks' free-taking was also important.
Loup notched the three opening scores and while Ballinderry drew level midway through the first half, the winners were never headed.
Loup led 0-6 to 0-3 at the break with Rocks' two points adding to four scores from the McFlynn brothers.
Rocks then extended the Loup lead with another glorious free two minutes into the second half.
Loup stayed in control for the majority of the second half and outstanding wing-back Fintan Devlin got among the scores.
Inevitably, Ballinderry fought hard in the closing stages but tempers frayed and James Conway was sent off for retaliation after he had been fouled by Derry star Johnny McBride.
Fermanagh SFC Final: Enniskillen 1-8 1-5 St Patrick's
Fourteen man Enniskillen claimed their sixth successive Fermanagh title but they were made to work hard by St Pat's. St Pat's made the perfect start Pat Cadden hammering home a penalty after 40 seconds.
Niall Keenan then bagged a Gaels goal in the eighth minute but he then blotted his copybook by being sent off in the 16th minute.
The Gaels led by 1-5 to 1-3 at half time and added Ronan McCabe, Raymie Curran and Rory Judge points in the third quarter.
St Pat's staged a mini-revival in the closing stages with Cadden, Eamon Maguire and Karl Bradshaw chipping away at Enniskillen's lead but the Gaels held on to earn an Ulster Club tussle with St Gall's of Antrim.
Antrim SFC Final replay: St Gall's 2-6 0-9 Lamh Dhearg
Two goals from Antrim star Darren O'Hare helped St Gall's claim their third successive county football title in Sunday's replay at Casement Park. O'Hare fisted St Gall's opening goal in the sixth minute after a long ball from Sean Kelly and the crucial second three-pointer came midway through the second half after good work by Kieran McGourty.
Lamh Dhearg, hoping to win the county title in their centerary year, fought hard in the closing stages and St Gall's goalkeeper Paddy Murray made a great save to deny a goal-bound effort from Michael Herron.
County star Sean Kelly had a fine game for the winners while Paddy Cunningham was always a threat for Lamh Dhearg.
Armagh SFC:
Pearse Og 0-13 0-5 St Patrick's
Dromintee 3-12 1-7 Clan na Gael
Pearse Ogs and Dromintee joined Crossmaglen and Armagh Harps in the Armagh Semi-Finals after comfortable wins over St Patrick's and Clan na Gael on Sunday.
A fine midfield performance by Gregory Loughran inspired Pearse Og to a comfortable quarter-final win over St Patrick's at Ballymacnab.
St Patrick's will rue a couple of missed goal chances in the first half.
On the first occasion, Sean O'Hare fired wide and then the same player failed to find unmarked veteran Martin McQuillan when the ex-Armagh star was well-placed to hit the net.
Amazingly, McQuillan was playing in his 25th senior championship campaign for his club.
Pearse Og led 0-6 to 0-4 at half-time but a solitary O'Hare point was all St Patrick's managed in the second period.
At Abbey Park, an early Dromintee blitz made all the difference against the Clans.
Oliver Gaughran's sideline kick in the second minute was spilled into his own net by Clans goalkeeper Shane Hutchinson and five minutes later, Martin O'Rourke hit the net.
Marty Lavery replied with a Clan na Gael goal in the second quarter but Aidan O'Rourke's penalty on the stroke of half-time was a decisive blow by Dromintee.
Clan na Gael fought hard in the second half but without seriously threatening the Dromintee lead.
Tyrone SFC
Dromore 0-8 0-10 Killyclogher
Errigal Ciaran 1-11 0-8 ArdboeErrigal Ciaran's Tyrone Semi-Final win over Ardboe was marred by a suspected broken jaw sustained by county player Cormac McGinley.
The Tyrone star ended up on the turf after an apparent off-the-ball incident which culminated with Ardboe player John McConville receiving a straight red-card.
The match was held up by several minutes as officials waited for an ambulance to take McGinley to hospital.
At the end of the game, the referee played almost 15 minutes of injury-time.
In the game, a first half goal from Damien McDermott put Errigal Ciaran in the control and the champions were never under major pressure in the contest.
Killyclogher reached their third Tyrone Football Final in four years by claiming a narrow victory over Dromore at Omagh.
Dromore appeared set to win the game for much of the contest but Killyclogher produced a superb final quarter to edge the verdict.
A couple of Brian Meenan points helped Killyclogher to an early 0-3 to 0-1 lead but Dromore then hit four unanswered scores to lead 0-5 to 0-3 at the interval.
With Mickey Slevin and Michael Graham dominating matters in midfield and Colm McCullagh also doing great work in their attack, Dromore extended their lead to 0-8 to 0-4 with 10 minutes left.
However, Killyclogher then hit six unanswered points to take the verdict.
Their late scores included three points from Leo Meenan who finished the game with 0-5.
Killyclogher's Sean Bradley received a straight red-card in the second half and he seems certain to miss the county decider through suspension.
Donegal SFC: Four Masters 0-15 0-9 Termon
Termon's hopes of a first ever Donegal senior title were dashed by a slicker Four Masters outfit at Ballybofey. The Gaeltacht club made a bright start and were level at 0-2 each after 10 minutes but the Donegal Town club took a grip on the contest in the second quarter.
With outstanding midfielders Shane Carr and Barry Monaghan both notching two points, Masters led 0-8 to 0-3 at the interval.
Wing-back Karl Lacey was the key player for Four Masters in the second half and managed to pick off two scores himself.
Kevin McMenamin tried hard for Termon but his tally of four points wasn't enough to put any pressure on the Donegal Town club.
Down SHC: Ballygalget 0-17 1-10 Portaferry
Portaferry's hopes of claiming a fourth successive Down Hurling title were dashed by a hungrier Ballygalget side at Ballycran. The holders failed to built on a great start which saw John Convery hitting the only goal of the game in the third minute.
However, some accurate free-taking by Johnny McGrattan helped Ballygalget level the contest a 0-7 to 1-4 by the interval and with Gareth Johnson dominating the midfield exchanges, they took a firm grip on the contest in the second period.
Tom Coulter piled on the misery for Portaferry with a couple of superb long-range points while Paddy Monan also impressed for the winners with some superb striking.
Harp Lager Derry SFC
Ballinderry 0-7 0-11 Loup (result)
Harp Lager Fermanagh SFC
Enniskillen 1-8 1-6 St Patrick's (result)
Coca Cola Tyrone SFC:
Dromore 0-8 0-10 Killyclogher (result)
Errigal Ciaran 1-11 0-8 Ardboe (result)
Tennents Antrim SF Final replay
St Gall's 2-6 0-9 Lamh Dhearg (result)
Down SHC
Portaferry 1-10 0-17 Ballygalget (result)
Donegal SFC:
Termon 0-9 0-15 Four Masters (result)
Harp Lager Armagh SFC:
Crossmaglen 2-13 0-8 Killeavey (result)
Armagh Harps 0-12 1-6 Keady (result)
St Patricks 0-5 0-13 Pearse Og (result)
Clan na Gael 1-7 3-12 Dromintee (result)
Laois defeated Dublin 2-10 to 1-9 in Sunday's All-Ireland Minor Football Final replay at Carlow.
MMIX
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