St. Loman's reign as Flanagan Cup holders is over after town rivals Mullingar Shamrocks came from behind to win their SFC semi-final replay at Cusack Park on a 1-10 to 1-9 scoreline.

It was a sweet victory for Bernard Flynn's charges who had suffered a heavy defeat to their neighbours in the group stages before earning a surprise draw a fortnight ago. This time it was a case of third time lucky as the Springfield outfit set up what will be a fourth Westmeath SFC final meeting since 2010 with Garrycastle on October 26.

Three points from John Heslin and another from Shane Dempsey had Loman's 0-4 to 0-2 ahead before a Ciaran Curley goal approaching half-time gave Shamrocks a slender 1-3 to 0-5 interval lead.

The champions looked to have turned it around when Kelvin Reilly's 33rd minute goal, coupled with points from Paul Sharry and Heslin, put them 1-7 to 1-4 in front. But just as they had done in the drawn game, Shamrocks fought back to level with scores from Darragh Daly and Lorcan Smyth before edging it.

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