The goal arrived on 77 minutes in a typical end of season game that rarely sparkled. Kevin Waters crossed from the right after receiving the ball from Pat Purcell and Mulcahy climbed above the defence to head home from close range.
The most important passage of play in the first half ended with Paul Crowley hammering a penalty kick off the top of the
Sean Finn lofted a beautifully weighted ball to the inrushing Waters and he was impeded on the edge of the area by the goalkeeper, Gary Rogers, who received a yellow card from referee Anthony Buttimer.