Longford have taken the Leinster MF Shield honours for 2018 thanks to a five-point victory over Dublin at Glennon Bros Pearse Park.

Featuring teams that finished 3^rd and 4^th in their respective Leinster MFC groups, the Midlanders registered a 1-13 to 0-11 victory over the visitors in today's decider.

Keelin McGann scored the game's only goal in the 7^th minute and the home side took a slender 1-5 to 0-7 lead into the break.

A solid defensive showing was key to Longford's win as they restricted the team in sky blue to four second-half points.

At the opposite end of the field, they put some daylight between themselves and their opponents when firing over eight points.

Longford - P Murray; D Moffett, D Ciglianio, A Quinn; C Belton, J Moran, P Dempsey; J Borland, R Prior; E Finneran, E McCormack (0-1), K McGann (1-1); R Reilly (0-1f), D O'Connell (0-1), C Dooner (0-8, 2f). Subs: C O'Nuallain for A Quinn, R Leonard (0-1f) for R Reilly, C Leonard for J Borland, J Kiernan for K McGann.

Dublin- S Murphy; N Hatton, A Fearon, A Rafter; C McManus (0-1), E Cashman, M Lavin (0-4, 2f); E Adamson, R Dwyer; L McGovern (0-1), M Dunne, A Watson; S Guiden (0-5, 2f), C Hennessy, T O'Neill. Subs: C O'Brien for A Fearon, R Bolger for T O'Neill, M Grogan for M Dunne, E Farquharson for A Watson, J Bannon for N Hatton, C Chawke for L McGovern.   

Referee - A Coyne.

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