Ballinasloe 0-14
Kenmare Shamrocks 0-10

Ballinasloe arrived in Croke Park for the All-Ireland Club JFC final minus their jerseys but that oversight was soon forgotten as the Galway outfit recorded a memorable four-point victory over Kenmare Shamrocks of Kerry.

Ballinasloe borrowed a set of jersey from the famed Dublin club Na Fianna and proceeded to establish a 0-7 to 0-4 half-time lead.

The Sean Riddell managed outfit extended their advantage to seven points when Paul Whelehan sent over their ninth successive score in the 41st minute.

Kenmare - who survived a three-game marathon semi-final against Castleknock - ended their scoring drought through the impressive Paul O'Connor.

The Kerry champions reduced the deficit to three but the celebrations began for Ballinasloe when Whelehan found the target for a late insurance point.

Ballinasloe - N King; E Fenton, D Nevin, J Shaughnessy (0-1); N Hynes, K Kelly (0-3), S Kenny; L Lynch (0-1), L Tierney; D Burke (0-1), P Cunningham (0-2), G Canavan; D McCormack (0-3), M Colohan, P Whelehan (0-3). Subs: C Casey for Kenny, S Cogavin for Colohan.

Kenmare Shamrocks - H Murphy; D Crowley, T O'Sullivan, C O'Sullivan; A O'Callaghan, S O'Leary (0-1), A Crowley; S Dolton, J Wharton; R O'Sullivan, M Crowley, A O'Leary; D J Brennan (0-4), P O'Connor (0-5), K O'Sullivan. Subs: S Duncan for A Crowley, P O'Dwyer for R O'Sullivan, S Harrington for Dalton, S O'Brien for Harrington.

Referee - C Branagan. Tweet

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