St Brigid's player/manager Frankie Dolan admitted that they made life difficult for themselves in today's Roscommon SFC final.

Two late goals from Ian Kilbride and Darragh Donnelly were key as the Kiltoom outfit registered a 2-14 to 2-7 victory over Padraig Pearses on home turf.

"It was a great win but it should have been over at half time," Dolan - who entered the fray as a 58th minute substitute - told The Irish Times.

"We probably should have hit 1-12 or 1-13 in that first half. We gave away a sloppy 1-2 that we weren't happy with. It kept them in the game."

He continued: "We steadied the ship in the end. We were disappointed with our defence during the mid-section of the second half. In fairness to Ian (Kilbride) and Darragh Donnelly, they injected that bit of pace we were looking for to break the Pearses line.

"I'm just delighted for the club, the backroom team and the players. We were very low last year when we were deservedly beaten by Clann na nGael. You hear people talk about effort but what these players have put in has been incredible."

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