Crossmaglen Rangers landed their eighth county title on the trot yesterday when they saw off Dromintee at Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen.
Ahead by just 0-4 to 0-3 at half-time, Rangers had to rely on the accuracy of Oisín McConville in the second half, as Dromintee stepped up the pressure.
The O'Rourke brothers - Cathal, Micheál and Martin - were in the vanguard of Dromintee's resistance, claiming nine of their 11 points and keeping the Rangers defence at full stretch.
CROSSMAGLEN RANGERS: P Hearty; J Fitzpatrick, G O'Neill, B McKeown; A Kernan (0-1), F Bellew, J Donaldson; T McEntee, S Clarke; C Short, D Murtagh, O McConville (0-8); M McNamee (0-2), J McEntee (0-1), C Clarke (0-1). Sub: A Cuningham for Murtagh
Dromintee: P McAvoy; M McGahan, E Martin, C McCoy; B McArdle, A O'Rourke, B Shannon; S O'Neill, D Kilgallon; Martin O'Rourke (0-1), R McKeever, C O'Rourke (0-5); Micheál O'Rourke (0-3), O Gaughran (0-2), K Fearon. Sub: K Rocks for McKeever.
Referee: R Robinson (Maghery).
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