The Sligo U20s became the first side from the county - at any grade - to retain their Connacht title when they defeated Galway in dramatic circumstances in Tuam on Wednesday.
Trailing by two points late in the game, they scored the last three points to clinch victory. Substitute Dillon Walsh was ultimately the hero, fisting over the winning point - taking the score to 0-14 to 0-13 - just as the clock was about to tick into the fifth minute of injury time.
Last year, Sligo defeated Mayo by the same margin to claim their first ever Connacht U20 title.
#GALVSLI 65 nóim@Galway_GAA 0-14@sligogaa 0-13
Agus tá sé buaite ag Sligeach 😱
Dillion Walsh with a last minute winner for Sligo!!!
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On Ocean FM, Colm McGee and Con O'Meara captured the excitement of the closing moments on Wednesday.
"It's unbelievable scenes here!" said former Sligo footballer O'Meara.
"Your two commentators here are crying like babies. That is just unbelievable. That score at the end, the turnover. Dillon Walsh comes through, and lets the handpass go. It looked like it was going to come back off the crossbar. It rolls over the top.
"We were on about character. We never had any doubt that they had that character. At stages, it looked like it mightn't happen. Galway produced a massive display here. Took some great scores and went two points ahead, but we found a way back, and found a winner.
"Look at the joy out there on that pitch. Unbelievable."
McGee added that "Sligo have won arguably their great victory in history."
"They have won away to Roscommon, they have won away to Mayo, now they've won away in what has traditionally been a graveyard for Sligo football here in Tuam Stadium," he said.
"Sligo have won it the hard way, the traditional big three - we've taken three big scalps. We're looking forward to an All-Ireland semi-final against Cork or Kerry. Who cares about the opposition, Sligo are climbing, Sligo have back-to-back Connacht titles."
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