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Glen fell agonisingly short in their quest for a first All-Ireland Club Football title as Kilmacud Crokes won a gripping final 1-11 to 1-9 at Croke Park.
The Derry and Ulster champions made a dream start with Danny Tallon scoring a brilliant goal inside the first minute.
However, a Shane Walsh penalty helped Kilmacud back into it as the Dublin side led by 1-4 to 1-3 at half-time.
Four unanswered scores moved Glen into a two-point lead early in the second half, but helped by the increasingly influential Shane Walsh, Kilmacud overturned the deficit.
Glen midfielder Conor Glass saw a shot saved by Crokes goalkeeper Conor Ferris and Conleth McGuckian fired wide in a frantic finish as the Dublin side avenged last year's defeat by Kilcoo to win their third title.
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