Loughrea 1-15 St Thomas’ 1-14
Darren Shaughnessy was the hero for Loughrea when his late goal wrapped up victory as they retained their Galway SHC title in difficult conditions at Pearse Stadium.
His goal put the champions five points in front but St Thomas’, who had won all previous eight finals, made them sweat all the way when Conor Cooney struck 1-1 from frees in the dying minutes in front of an official attendance of 4,200.
St Thomas’ opted to play against the breeze in the opening half and found themselves 0-11 to 0-6 at the break, with
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