St Lomans and Garrycastle drew 0-13 each in Sunday's Westmeath Senior Football Championship final. John Heslin scored the equaliser for Lomans from a free kick with the final play of the game.
The match was also notable for the return to club action of Garrycastle and Westmeath legend Dessie Dolan. The 2004 All-Star had announced his retirement two years ago following a Leinster semi-final defeat to Ballyboden.
The 42-year-old Dolan, wearing number 25, came on for the final few minutes of action with Garrycastle leading.
"He has been training all year," Garrycastle manager James Dolan told RTÉ Radio 1
"He's been training since he retired, what was that, two years ago? He's been training away, and keeping himself in good nick. He came on, if he got a chance, he was always going to stick it over. That's what the idea was with him coming on.
"Is he out of retirement now? I don't know. It's good to see him on the pitch anyway."
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Dolan said he had "mixed emotions" about the result.
"We were leading the whole way through," he said.
"Lomans kept going right till the end, and got it back to a draw. We had an opportunity to take another point, and we missed it. I don't know if it's a game lost or won.
"A draw in the end, everyone is standing here on the pitch, and they don't know what to do. I think both teams would be happy with a draw, and we'll go at it next week.
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