Coolderry's ability to find the net gave them a 3-16 to 0-17 victory over Gort.

The Offaly and Leinster champions booked their place in the St Patrick's Day club hurling showcase - where they will face Loughgiel Shamrocks of Antrim - with a wonderful victory at Limerick's Gaelic Grounds.

Eoin Ryan was the Coolderry talisman before the break, while Cathal Parlon and Damian Murray (who finished with a personal tally of 1-8) added three-pointers after the resumption to leave Ken Hogan's men within an hour of the Tommy Moore Cup.

Coolderry have never appeared in an All-Ireland club final before. Their forthcoming opponents won the title in 1983 - the only Ulster hurling club to do so.

But for Gerry Quinn's ten points, things would have been a lot worse for Gort, who couldn't get their forwards into the game with Trevor Corcoran and Joe Brady outstanding at the spine of Coolderry's defence.

Coolderry: S Corcoran; B Kelly, T Corcoran, A Corcoran; K Brady, J Brady, B O'Meara; K Teehan (0-1), D King; B Carroll (0-2), B Teehan (0-2), C Parlon (1-2); E Ryan (1-0), M Corcoran (0-1), D Murray (1-8). Sub: K Connolly for K Teehan (46).

Gort: P Cummins; A Coen, M McMahon, M Cummins; G Lally, B Regan (0-1), S Og Linnane; J Grealish (0-1), S Forde; G Quinn (0-10), P Killilea, A Harte (0-1); R Cummins (0-1), O Fahy (0-1), G O'Donoughue (0-2). Subs: T Linnane for McMahon (27), K Killilea for Forde (half-time), M Mullins for B Regan (43), M Nestor for Harte (56). Tweet

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