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Monivea-Abbey won through to the Connacht Intermediate final after a hard fought 1-08 to 0-10 victory over Mayo champions Kilmeena in Tuam Stadium on Sunday afternoon. This contest was due to bring the curtain down on the famous hayshed which has stood the test of time over the stand in Tuam. Redevelopment on the old stand now has been delayed for a week to allow the intermediate Connacht final to be played.

The story of this day will be talked about and remembered for generations to come in Kilmeena.

Junior football doesn't get the headlines that the senior or intermediate grades do during the year, but there are always one or two sides at the level that you can see are ready to take that step up.

The Kilmeena adventure has one more stop on its journey this weekend. The final destination is the citadel of Gaelic Games - Croke Park.

Kilmeena are Croke Park bound after an outstanding display of football in Perase Park in Longford on Saturday afternoon.

The white and black sails will be hoisted high around the shores of Clew Bay on Saturday morning and the Kilmeena armada will be heading inland towards Longford as they get ready for a date with destiny.

Battle hardened and full-of-heart underdogs on November weekends can take the most fancied of favourites out at the knees on the biggest of occasions - something that Kilmeena knew only too well as they made the journey north to Crossmolina last Saturday.

Kevin Lynch stood on a platform six inches off the ground to raise the Sweeney Cup high in the air in Fr O’Hara Park on Saturday afternoon - but Mayo Gaels are standing many feet taller right now than they were this morning, following their 1-11 to 1-9 win over Ballyhaunis.

When Conor Madden decided to be the man to take on the last chance for Kilmeena to draw level almost seven minutes into injury time, every Kilmaine and Kilmeena supporter inside and outside the ground had their hearts in their mouths.

Susan Millar DuMars, poet and short story writer