St Thomas' 1-14
Turloughmore 0-15

St Thomas made it three Galway senior hurling championships in-a-row this afternoon by seeing off Turloughmore with two points to spare at Kenny Park, Athenry.

Conor Cooney’s goal have the holders an ideal start to this decider but Turloughmore battled back to go in all square at the interval (1-6 to 0-9) despite losing Daithi Burke to a leg injury.

Burke would return late on in the game but couldn’t help his team to a first title since 1985, as Cooney, Eanna Burke and Brendan Farrell shot the points that got St Thomas' over the line once again.

It was Conor Walsh and Sean Linnane that pulled back the points for Turloughmore - appearing in their first county final in 30 years - after captain Cooney had goaled early on for the victors, ensuring they’d go in level at the break.

The champions made the better start to the second-half with points from Cooney and Oisin Flannery before Turloughmore stormed in front.

Linnane registered a brace of points and Sean Loftus also raised the umpire’s flag before Linnane sailed over to move his side into a 0-15 to 1-11 lead.

St Thomas' held their nerve in the closing stages however and after points from Cooney and Burke put them back in the ascendency, Farrell landed the insurance point to make sure that the Tom Callinan Cup would be resting with ‘The Toms’ for another year at least.

St Thomas’ - Gerald Kelly; Cian Mahony, Fintan Burke (0-1, 1f), Sean Skehill; John Headd, Shane Cooney, David Sherry; David Burke, James Regan (0-1); Evan Duggan, Conor Cooney (1-6, 6f), Darragh Burke (0-1); Eanna Burke (0-1), Oisin Flannery (0-3), Bernard Burke. Sub: Brendan Farrell (0-1) for Duggan (51mins).

Turloughmore - Mark Fahy; Mikey Morris, Ronan Burke, Mark Murphy; Daniel Loftus, Jamie Holland, Kevin Hussey; Fergal Moore (0-2), Daithi Burke; Conor Walsh (0-4, 4f), Sean Loftus (0-1), Matthew Keating (0-2); Barry Callanan (0-1), Gary Burke (0-1), Sean Linnane (0-4). Subs: Niall Connolly for D Burke (30mins), Barry McDonagh for Keating (45), Daithi Burke for Callanan (58), Ronan Badger for G Burke (58).

Ref: Alan Kelly (Rahoon)

@StThomassHC Captain Conor Cooney accepts the Tom Callinan Memorial Cup from @Galway_GAA hurling committee Chairperson Paul Bellew and Mrs. Tess Callinan. County Champions 🏆 #3inarow pic.twitter.com/0D5ZFaxNCG

— Galway GAA (@Galway_GAA) October 4, 2020

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