St. Mary's of Kerry will face Mayo's Hollymount-Carramore in the All-Ireland club IFC final at Croke Park on Saturday, February 6 after accounting for Ratoath (Meath) and Loughinisland (Down) in today's semi-finals.

Maurice Fitzgerald's St. Mary's were much too strong for Ratoath at the Gaelic Grounds where they romped to a 2-20 to 1-5 victory. The Cahirciveen club, who won the All-Ireland junior title at Croker five years ago, were 1-7 to 0-2 up after 16 minutes thanks to Sean Cournane's goal. Niall O'Driscoll added a second to give them a 2-10 to 0-4 cushion at the interval.

Ratoath lost their captain Bobby O'Brien to a second yellow card early in the second half, but did manage a late consolation goal through Cian O'Brien.

In the other semi-final at Kingspan Breffni Park, Hollymount-Carramore were always in control against Loughinisland. They led by 0-7 to 0-4 at the break and eventually prevailed on a 0-15 to 0-10 scoreline.

 

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