St. Patrick's, Donagh captured an inaugural Fermanagh SFC success, following a slender one-point victory over Derrygonnelly by 0-11 to 0-10 in a keenly contested final at Brewster Park in Enniskillen. Despite a first-half penalty miss by Pat Cadden, St. Patrick's led by 0-7 to 0-3 at the interval with Gary Maguire kicking three first half points. Although the eventual winners opened up a six-point lead on the restart, Derrygonnelly staged a strong second half display with Kevin Cassidy on target with four points, as the gap was reduced to the minimum. Paul McCaffrey propelled St. Patrick's into a two-point led late on and although a second point from substitute Paul Ward cut the gap to the minimum - a Michael McGrade point ensured Patrick's restored their two-point cushion. But Derrygonnelly pushed St. Patrick's all the way and although Ryan Jones cut the gap to the minimum, and Derrygonnelly had a number of late missed chances, St. Patrick's stood firm to take their first success. St Patrick's - P Quaile; M Collins, R McCaffery, B O'Reilly; P Grue, J McGovern, C O'Reilly; S McDermott, P Cosgrove 0-1; P Cadden 0-3, E McDermott, G Maguire 0-2; J Cadden 0-1, E Maguire 0-2, F O'Reilly. Subs - P McCaffery 0-1 for Cosgrove, M McGrade 0-1 for J Cadden, R Daly for O'Reilly. Derrygonnelly - D Feely; D Carroll, M Jones, E McHugh; A Gallagher, S Burns, N Gallagher; M Green, R Jones 0-2; D Ward, F McKenna, D Cassidy; K McGrath, K Cassidy 0-6, J McGurn. Subs - P Ward 0-2 for A Gallagher, P Greene for N Gallagher. Ref - M Higgins Tweet

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