Longford, on a high following their marvellous O'Byrne Cup triumph, scored another notable win when they pipped neighbours Cavan in a cracking local derby at Pearse Park.

Trailing by four points in the early stages of the second half, Longford finally clicked into top gear to score 2-4 in the space of seven glorious minutes with goals from Paul Barden and Niall Sheridan.

However, Cavan fought back to narrow the gap and eventually drew level with a point from Mickey Graham, with the game entering the final minute.

In fact, they should have been in front as Peter Reilly had a 51st-minute penalty saved by Longford goalkeeper Gavin Tonra, while both Fintan Cahill and Mickey Graham missed open goals.

However, Longford launched one last attack a minute into injury time and after a Paul Barden shot came back off the upright, the rebound broke to Trevor Smullen, who was fouled and referee Michael Curley awarded a penalty .

Padraig Davis opted for a point for what proved to be the winning score.

Longford: G Tonra; P Jones, D Ledwith, B Burke; M Mulleady, D Blessington, C Conefrey; A Keogh, L Keenan; P Brady, P Barden (1-1), S Hagan; T Smullen (0-2), N Sheridan (1-1), P Davis (0-7, 6 frees). Subs: J Martin for Brady (41 mins), E Ledwith for Burke (47 mins), P Ross for Hagan (61 mins), S Carroll for Jones (64 mins).

Cavan: R Keaskin; S Smith, P Sheils, C McCarey; G Sheridan, A Forde, R Rogers; P Smith (0-1), F Hartin; P Reilly (0-7, 4 frees), A Lambe, E O'Reilly; L Reilly (0-1), F Cahill (0-2), M Graham (0-5). Subs: C Collins for Hartin (31 mins), Fergus O'Reilly for Sheils (46 mins), J Reilly for E O'Reilly (47 mins).

Referee: M Curley (Galway).