St Mary's Cahersiveen (Kerry) 1-16
Carrigaline (Cork) 0-9

A splendid second-half display saw St Mary's Cahersiveen overcome Carrigaline in this afternoon's Munster club intermediate football championship final.

Maurice Fitzgerald's side were full value for their victory in Killarney, having built on two-point half-time lead to outscore their opponents by 1-8 to 0-3 in the second period with Denis Daly registering their 49th minute goal.

The sides were inseparable during the first 15 minutes, as Brian Coakley's expert free-taking for the Cork champions helped to cancel out scores from Paul O'Donoghue, Dan Daly and Kerry star Bryan Sheehan.

However, the men from the Kingdom upped it a gear before half-time, opening up a three-point gap via O'Donoghue, Denis Daly and Sean Cournane before Coakley closed the half at 0-8 to 0-6.

David Drake and Simon O'Brien put the fight up to Fitzgerald's charges in the early stages of the second-half, but the winners took off around the 40-minute mark.

Captain Cournane and Sheehan (2) pushed the difference to five ahead of Denis Daly settling the issue with a green flag to ensure the Risteárd Ò Cuimìn Cup wouldn't breach Kerry's borders.

St Mary's Cahersiveen - A Constable; I Casey, B Curran, L Sheehan; C Quirke, C O'Shea, D O'Sullivan; B Sheehan (0-3, 2f, 1'45), Denis Daly (1-3); P O'Donoghue (0-2), N O'Driscoll, A Walsh (0-1); S Cournane (0-3), Dan Daly (0-4), A Cournane. Subs: L O'Connell for C Quirke, P Cournane for L Sheehan, D Casey for N O'Driscoll, A Quirke for A Walsh.

Carrigaline - S Mellet; K Forbes, P Ronayne, Kieran Kavanagh; C McSweeney, C Barry, S Griffin; N Murphy, E Kavanagh; E Ryle, B O'Keeffe (0-1), Kevin Kavanagh; D Drake (0-1), B Coakley (0-6, 3f), S O'Brien (0-1). Subs: D Griffin for C McSweeney, K McIntyre for S Griffin, E O'Connor for Kevin Kavanagh (BC), M O'Reilly for S O'Brien, B Pope for D Drake.

Referee - S Lonergan.

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