St Ronan's Lurgan have followed last week's maiden MacRory Cup triumph up with victory over Pobalscoil Chorca Duibhne in today's Hogan Cup semi-final.

The recently formed Armagh school are Croke Park bound after seeing off Eamonn Fitzmaurice's charges by 2-10 to 1-10 at Abbottstown.

In the process, they broke the stranglehold enjoyed by Kerry schools on the coveted silverware.

PCD were aiming to collect a fifth successive title for the Kingdom after both they and St Brendan's, Killarney pulled off back-to-back wins.

PS Chorcha Duibhne's Franz Sauerland and Jamie Haughey of St Ronan's with referee Brendan Cawley. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo.

The Munster representatives would have been reasonably happy at the halfway stage when they led by 1-7 to 1-6 but substitute Josh Megoran's second-half goal swung the penultimate stage clash in the Ulster side's favour.

The Lurgan students enjoyed the better start with Rioghan Meehan finding the back of the Dingle side's net but Dylan Geaney cancelled that out at the opposite end of the field in the 26th minute.

Both teams traded blows throughout the second-half but Megoran's 55th minute goal proved to be decisive and the David Wilson managed side's reward is a final date with Rice College of Westport at Croke Park on Saturday week.

Holy Trinity's Eunan Devlin and Tommy Cronin of PS Inbhear Scéine. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo.

Meanwhile, at the same venue, Holy Trinity College Cookstown overcame Kerry's PS Inbhear Scéine of Kenmare by 4-11 to 2-8 in the All-Ireland Senior B Football semi-final.

The Tyrone school trailed by 10-points (2-5 to 0-1) after 15 minutes before staging a remarkable turnaround to book their place in the Paddy Drummond Cup decider against St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen which will be played as a curtain-raiser to the Senior A Football final at GAA headquarters on April 7.

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