A Man of the Match performance by Ahoghill mid-fielder and Antrim panellist, Neil O’Connell set St. Mary’s on their way to their first ever Intermediate Football Championship title when they proved too good for South West neighbours, Tir Na nOg in Creggan on Saturday evening. Ahoghill looked well on their way when they led by 1-5 to 0-3 at the break, thanks to an early Donal Graham goal and a superb penalty save by their keeper, Francis Neeson when he went full length to deny Michael Magill in the 12th minute.
Within five minutes of the restart Tir Na nOg were back on level terms thanks to two pointed frees from Eamon Harte and a goal from Michael Magill when he rounded keeper Neeson after a defender had been robbed coming out of defence.
It was at this stage that Neil O’Connell put his stamp of authority on the game with a superb exhibition of high fielding and strong running to swing the game back decisively in his side’s favour.
Diarmud Graham put the Cloney side back in front with an 8th minute point and they went on to add eight more without reply as the Tir Na nOg challenge fizzled out.
Neil O’Connell 0-1, PJ O’Connell 0-2, Donal Graham 0-2, Gerard Graham, Paul Bradley, and Owen Neeson were the men who did the second half damage and it was a proud Chris McGlone who stepped forward to receive the Kevin Armstrong Memorial Cup, presented for the first time by his son, Kevin Armstrong in memory of the former Rossa and Antrim great.

1. OPENING JARS - nnng, she's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are men's work.

2. CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially ol fellahs but even saying it to kids makes you the man. Also greeting somebody with just an 'Alright?' - speaks volumes.

3. SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here. No, I don't need a sharpener, you think I can't whittle?

4. GOING TO THE TIP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and noisy destruction as you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other rubbish.

5. DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat on and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding towards the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone else struggles to catch up with you. God, you're hard.

6. HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.

7. HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, or a cut on the back of your head when you were 6. Even an iron burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".

8. HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When wemens have been partying they just whinge the next day. You, on the other hand have physical evidence of your hardness, sprouting from your face. "Big night?" Aye, what does it look like.

9. USING POWER TOOLS - slightly more powerful than you need or can safely handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a fag? Superb.

10. KICKING A FOOTBALL AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Stitch that, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.

11. ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE... and everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your mates are gassed. However, the rest of the pub doesn't know that.

12. NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - fat is a feminist issue, apparently. Brilliant.

13. CARVING THE ROAST - and saying "are you a leg or breast man" to the blokes and "do you want stuffing" to the women. Congratulations, you are now your dad.

14. WINKING - turns women to putty. Doesn't it?

15. TAKING OUT £200 FROM A CASHPOINT - okay, so its for paying the plumber later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The only thing better is peeling notes off the roll later.

16. PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - unlike wemen, we get straight to the point. "alright? Yep. Drink? O'Neill's?.. It is then. Seven. Bye."

17. PARALLEL PARKING - bosh, straight in. first time. Can Schumacher do that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which, technically, makes you the worlds best driver.

18. HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the fields in blistering heat. Why? So, when it's over we can stand there in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut while the other nurses a foaming jug of beer. Aaaah.

19. KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "a Phillips? For that? Are you mad, bint?"

20. TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE LOO - a visual code that says that's right, i'm going in there for a huge, long man-sized dump.