Knocknagree (Cork) and Multyfarnham (Westmeath) will contest this year's All-Ireland Club JFC final in Croke Park on Saturday, February 3^rd.

The Munster standard bearers got the better of Naomh Colmcille of Donegal in today's semi-final at Cusack Park, Mullingar by 2-9 to 0-7.

James Dennehy and Anthony O'Connor bagged first-half goals for the winners and they took a 2-4 to 0-3 lead into the break.

The Ulster champions finished the game with 13 men after brothers, Michael and William Lynch, were both issued with their marching orders in stoppage time.

Meanwhile, Multyfarnham ended the John Maughan managed Lahardane MacHales dreams of All-Ireland glory.

The Dr Hyde Park scoreboard read Multyfarnham 1-14, Lahardane 2-9 at the end of the 60 minutes.

Emmet Feerick was the Westmeath club's goal scoring hero.

Knocknagree - P Doyle; M Mahoney, P O'Connor, G O'Connor; K Daly, K Buckley, D Moynihan (0-2); D Cooper, P Collins; J Dennehy (1-0), J F Daly, E McSweeney (0-2); M Dilworth, A O'Connor (1-2, 0-2f), F O'Connor (0-2). Subs: A Sheehan for K Daly (BC), C White (0-1) for D Cooper, T Cooper for E McSweeney, C O'Leary for P Collins, T Long for J F Daly.

Naomh Colmcille - J Roulstone; G Curran, A Devenney, P Friel; R Hegarty, C Devine, K Gallagher; M Lynch, D Clarke (0-1); J Fullerton, R McErlean, O Hilley; M Crossan (0-2), W Gillespie (0-4f), W Lynch. Subs: M Friel for G Curran, E Gillespie for K Gallagher.

Referee - J Gilmartin.

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Multyfarnham - H Reilly; S Moran, P Heavin, J Greene; A Loughrey, R Wallace (0-1'45), S Rocke; B McLoughlin (0-1), A McGivney (0-1); M Reynolds, D Loughrey (0-5, 3f), C Madden (0-1); I McGovern (0-1), M Brady (0-2), D Wallace (0-1). Subs: E Feerick (1-0) for A Loughrey (BC), M Fallon (0-1) for J Greene, T McGivney for B McLoughlin, G Feerick for S Rocke.

Lahardane MacHales - J Mulherin; B Leonard, C Coleman, P O'Malley; P Coleman, M Queenan, C Rowland; T Dever (0-1); G Naughton; A Murphy (0-3, 1f), J Maughan (1-1), M Noone (0-1); S Loftus, A Leonard (0-3, 2f), K Loftus. Subs: C Reilly (1-0) for K Loftus, J Murphy for G Naughton, M Coleman for S Loftus.

Referee - S Laverty.

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