AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Final 2019

Naomh Éanna (Antrim) 2-9 Kilcummin (Kerry) 5-13

From Odhrán Crumley in Croke Park

Kevin McCarthy hit 3-6 as Kilcummin dismissed Naomh Éanna, 5-13 to 2-9 to claim the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Football crown in Croke Park.

The Munster champions raced into an early 2-3 to no score lead as Matt Keane and Kevin McCarthy registered majors.

To their credit, the Antrim men would fight back to within two points by the 20^th minute of the game Eoin Nagle landing a spectacular goal before Ruairi Scott added a second quick-fire goal.

Disaster would strike before the break as the Kerry men were awarded a penalty and Naomh Éanna lost their goalkeeper to a black card and with no recognised keeper on the bench, forward Michael Morgan went between the stick and could only watch as Kieran Murphy dispatched the spot-kick.

The Saffron men were left with no sub-keeper as regular number two was prior engaged with Larne in the Irish League.

The deficit was five at the break as Kilcummin led 3-6 to 2-4, two further goals from McCarthy in the final ten minutes were enough to seal his hat-trick and All-Ireland glory for his club and heartbreak for the Ulster champions.

Kilcummin: B Kealy, S O’Leary, D Mahar, D Moynihan, P Casey, C O’Leary (0-1), W Maher, K Murphy (1-1 1pen), K Gorman, S McSweeney, G O’Leary (0-2), P Nagle, N Duggan (0-1 1f), K McCarthy (3-6), M Keane (1-0).

Subs: J McCarthy for P Nagle (44), D O’Leary for W Maher (44), I Devane for N Duggan (53), D O’Leary for G O’Leary (55), K Teahan for K Murphy (58), M Ó Sé for M Keane (61)

Naomh Éanna: P Flood, K Jennings, D Gault, M McNamee, C Lyttle, J McAuley, C McAuley, P Curran, J Maskey, P Healy, R Scott (1-2), K Healy, E Gibson, O Eastwood (0-7 4f), E Nagle (1-0).

Subs: C O’Neill for P Curran (18), P Flood for M Morgan (22), C Thompson for C McAuley (22), C Eastwood for D Gault (43), N McKeown for E Gibson (53), R Kennedy for R Scott (57), D Walsh for K Healy (60)

Referee: J Molloy (Galway)