TheE long wait for Charlestown finally ended in McHale Park on Saturday evening but not even the most loyal of supporters in a crowd of around 3,000 could have anticipated the rout that took place in this Mayo senior football final replay.
Charlestown moved onto a different level, shooting five unanswered points towards the end of the first half to take a commanding 0-11 to 0-4 lead.
Two early second-half points from Knockmore suggested another close finish was in prospect but nothing could have been further from the truth as a magnificent goal from Richard Haran left Charlestown in command.
CHARLESTOWN: J Casey; E Casey, R Lenehan, R O'Connell; D Healy, D Higgins, K Deignan; D Tiernan (0-2), A Higgins (0-1); R Haran (1-5), M Cafffrey, P Mulligan (0-1); P Horkan, O Conway (0-3), S Higgins (0-4). Subs: O Gallagher (1-0) for Horkan, N Gallagher for Casey, A Mulligan for S Higgins, F Conway for Healy.
Knockmore: P Reape; G O'Hora, D Sweeney, R Gaughan; P Clarke, P Cawley, P Munnelly; D Dempsey, K Staunton (0-1); A Butler, K O'Neill (0-7), L McHale; S Sweeney, N Reape, D Munnelly. Subs: S Sweeney for McHale, J Brogan for Butler, J Coy for O'Hora, P Hughes for Reape.
Refδree: M Murphy (Ballinrobe).
