Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-19 Shinrone/Ballyskenagh-Killavilla 1-11 IT could have been a lot closer on the scoreboard and it could have went down to the wire but in.
THE roar from the Shinrone squad huddled on the Birr field a few minutes after the final whistle told their nervously watching supporters what they wanted to he.
Shinrone maintained their quest for a place in the semi-final of the Offaly senior hurling championship with an important victory over Birr in Coolderry on Satu.
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A devastated Luke Egan after the final whistle.
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GALLANT defeats and hard luck stories are certainly no good to Offaly hurlers and footballers as they bid to rise to another level but the U-20 hurlers can take great solace in the way they performed in a heartbreaking Leinster semi-final defeat to Dublin in Parnell Park this evening.
Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship semi-final