Cuala (Dublin) will face Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) in tomorrow week’s All-Ireland club senior football championship final after ousting Sligo’s Coolera Strandhill by 0-14 to 0-9 at Kingspan Breffni this evening.

After having led by seven points with 20 minutes remaining in Cavan Town, the capital men held off a mini-revival from their opponents which saw the Sligo champions coming within two points of them.

A brace of points each from brothers Niall and Con O’Callaghan in the closing 10 minutes steadied their team's ship and ultimately put a seal on the Dalkey club’s victory, which now sees them competing for the biggest prize in club football in eight days’ time.  

The sides had been level on 0-2 apiece after the opening 10 minutes prior to Austin O’Malley’s men pushing ahead with points from Peadar Ó’Cofaigh Byrne and Cal Doran.

Con O'Callaghan fires another one into the night! 🌙@CualaCLG #GAANOW pic.twitter.com/ScDvhnvKrd

— The GAA (@officialgaa) January 11, 2025

Niall O’Callaghan and 'Man of the Match' Con O’Callaghan sent over scores after that, which saw Cuala taking in a 0-6 to 0-2 half-time lead, and more white flags via Doran, David O’Dowd and Peter Duffy after the change of end saw the Leinster champions threatening to run away with it.

A Con O’Callaghan ‘45’ made it 0-10 to 0-3 before Coolera Strandhill came to life through a run of five unaswered points, with Mark McDaniels, Ross Doherty and Niall Murphy amongst the trailers' scorers.

Niall O’Callaghan broke through to restore Cuala’s three-point advantage on the 50-minute mark and, from there, O’Malley’s charges were able to see out the five-point victory for their Croke Park date with the Tyrone champions.

@CualaCLG hold off a fierce @CStrandhill challenge to book their spot in the final! 0-09 to 0-14, it’s Cuala vs Errigal Ciaran for the title! 🔥🏆#GAANOW pic.twitter.com/1D9QyK7UPn

— The GAA (@officialgaa) January 11, 2025

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