‘We gave it everything’: Minor boss Kevlihan

The may have suffered an agonising one-point defeat to Donegal in last Sunday’s All-Ireland MFC semi-final but that doesn’t lessen the pride Dublin manager Cyril Kevlihan has in his panel.

“We gave it everything and a point defeat is no disgrace to the lads. We are very proud of them and they gave us great enjoyment over the year.

“The lads were brilliant all year and I said to them afterwards that the hurt that is there will hopefully be a motivating factor for them as they continue their development in the game,” says Cyril.

“I thought we had a good second-half after trailing by three points at the interval,” following Donegal’s late scoring surge before the break.

“They got the momentum at a crucial time and that is what it is about at this level. They turned the screw.

“It just wasn’t our day sadly but good luck to Donegal, who are a good, strong team and are very well organised and they won it fairly on the day.

“We knew coming into the game that Donegal were a very good team and so it proved.

“We gave them their hardest game of the year so far and there was ultimately very little between the teams, as I expected before the game,” concludes Cyril.