St Mary's (Kerry) 2-10
Hollymount-Carramore (Mayo) 0-10

Kerry legend Maurice Fitzgerald guided St Mary's to All-Ireland Club IFC honours at Croke Park today.

Two second-half goals from Dan Daly and Anthony Cournane proved to be the difference as St Mary's followed up their All-Ireland junior success of five years ago.

The sides went in at the break tied on 0-6 apiece but the writing was on the wall for Hollymount-Carramore when Daly found the back of their net in the 35th minute.

St Mary's Sean Cournane lifts the Cup. ©INPHO/Tommy Grealy.

Captain Sean Cournane (free) and Bryan Sheehan tagged on points before Anthony Cournane put some daylight between the sides (2-8 to 0-6) by the three quarter hour mark.

To their credit, the men from Mayo didn't buckle but they had left themselves with too big a mountain to climb and it turned out to be a day to remember for Kerry club football at GAA headquarters.

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

Hollymount-Carramore - N Campbell; R Connolly, D McHugh, D Feerick; P Feerick, R Molloy (0-1), B Sheridan (0-1); K McNamara, S Coen; K Feerick, I Costello (0-2), K Costello (0-1); C Keane (0-2), D Coen (0-3, 2f), D Costello. Subs: B Maloney for D Costello, C Heneghan for K Feerick, D Kelly for C Keane, L Macken for R Connolly, C Connolly for I Costello, A Fahey for K McNamara.

Referee - J Hickey.

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