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2018 - Donegal 1-16 Tyrone 1-12
(Above - Stephen McMenamin on the ball for Donegal in the 2018 final)
Tyrone were gunning for a seventh successive Dr McKenna Cup, but Donegal had the measure of them at the Athletic Grounds.
Harry Loughran’s goal gave Tyrone an early 1-2 to 0-4 lead in a fast start.
Martin McElhinney finished at the other end after Ciaran Thompson’s ball in and Donegal led 1-9 to 1-6 at the changeover.
Tyrone scored just two points in the final half-an-hour and Donegal, with Niall O’Donnell clipping three points off the bench, won well.
Donegal: S Patton; S McMenamin, E Doherty, C Morrisson; D Ó Baoill (0-2), F McGlynn (0-1), P Brennan (0-2); O Mac Niallais (0-1), H McFadden; M McHugh, M McElhinney (1-1), C McGonagle; C Thompson (0-1), S McBrearty, M O’Reilly (0-2). Subs: N O’Donnell (0-3), M Murphy (0-3), N Mullins, C Ward, B McCole, N McGee.
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