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Published 19:31 18 Dec 2021 GMT
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Cian O’Connor of Kilmacud Crokes shoots to score his side's first goal, despite pressure from Portarlington's Cathal Bennett, at Croke Park. (Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"Clutch moments, big games, he's done that all his career."Mannion and Shane Cunningham, who added to the late Kilmacud lead, both finished with 0-3 while Darragh Mullin got their final point of the game. Colin Murphy [0-4] put over an added time point for Portalington before the Dubliners got particularly cynical in the dying embers of the contest. It came to a final pump in towards the Crokes goal but it Rory O'Carroll was back there with goalkeeper Conor Ferris and the danger was averted. It had been tighter than many expected but Crokes marched on. "Look what it means to everyone," said Kilmacud's Dan O'Brien to RTE, after the game. "It's absolutely unbelievable. "We said, at half-time, to keep everything steady and we'd pull away in the second half. We did just that... every game has been a battle, but that will stand to us." Robbie Brennan's side face Naas early in the new year, while many watching Dublin fans will be hoping Paul Mannion returns to inter-county football in 2022, too.
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