Corofin 1-14
St Vincent’s 1-9
IAN BURKE and Micheal Lundy starred as Corofin defeated reigning champions St Vincent’s in an AIB All Ireland club semi-final Tullamore thriller.
Corofin made a dashing start with Burke and Lundy instrumental, but Vincent’s netted a penalty courtesy of Mossy Quinn.
But before the break Martin Farragher, who was effective throughout, scored a vital goal for Corofin, who went in 1-8 to 1-6 ahead at half-time.
It was similarly frenetic after the restart, but Corofin finished strongly to book a place in the St Patrick’s Day decider.
Scorers for Corofin: I Burke 0-5 (1f), M Farragher 1-2, M Lundy 0-4, G Sice 0-3 (3fs).
Scorers for St Vincent’s: M Quinn 1-1 (1-0pen, 1f), D Connolly 0-3 (1f), R Trainor 0-2, C Dorney 0-1, B Egan 0-1, S Carthy 0-1.