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Second-half turnaround steers Tourlestrane to rare Connacht final appearance

St Mary's Kiltoghert 0-6 Tourlestrane 0-8

A superb second-half comeback from Tourlestrane earned the men from Sligo a first Connacht final since 1982 when they overcame St Mary’s Kiltoghert in a dogged provincial semi-final at Avant Money Pairc Sean MacDiarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Despite being four points down at half-time, 0-6 to 0-2, Tourlestrane came good in the second half against a St Mary’s side that failed to score in the second period.

Liam Gaughan kicked three of the winners’ six second-half points.

Tourlestrane, who won a seventh successive Sligo SFC title last month, were aiming to reach a first Connacht decider since 1982.

To date, they had failed to translate their Sligo dominance to the provincial stage – last year's quarter-final defeat of London champions St Kiernan's was the south Sligo side's first win in Connacht since 2011 when they defeated Glencar-Manorhamilton of Leitrim.

St Mary's Kiltoghert, who defeated the aforementioned St Kiernan's in the recent quarter-final, were previously in a Connacht semi-final in 2013 where they conceded 5-15 when losing to St Brigid's of Roscommon.

The Leitrim champions were last provincial finalists in 1995.

Tourlestrane opened the scoring with a wonderful point by Liam Gaughan after 50 seconds, but this would prove their only score until the second minute of time added on.

In the half an hour in between those two Tourlestrane scores, the first-half was dominated by St Mary’s Kiltoghert, who countered smoothly and took an array of excellent points.

Paul Keaney’s converted '45’ brought wind-assisted St Mary’s Kiltoghert level after two minutes and he had kicked two more by the before reaching mid-way in the opening 30 minutes.

Keaney’s point from play in the 11th minute was

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