Tyrone clinch All-Ireland minor title with dramatic victory over Kerry
Drama to the very, very last with Tyrone's underage's hegemony over the Kingdom continuing as they laid claim to their ninth All-Ireland minor crown and their first since 2010.
For Kerry – who have now suffered a pair of All-Ireland final defeats to Tyrone at minor and U-21 level in the last 12 months – it was a particularly bitter pill to swallow, given they'd held sway on the scoreboard for much of the second half, and having held a lead at the break.
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