. ▁ ▁While ▁winning ▁the ▁Fa ith ful ▁County ' s ▁first ▁National ▁Hur ling ▁League ▁was ▁a ▁historic ▁achiev ement , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁case ▁of ▁" p ride ▁comes ▁before ▁a ▁fall " ▁so ▁far ▁as ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁were ▁concerned . ▁In ▁the ▁Le in ster ▁Sem i - final ▁on ▁ 3 ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁Dublin ▁advanced ▁by ▁ 0 - 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 - 1 4 ▁as ▁the ▁reign ing ▁Le in ster ▁and ▁League ▁champions ▁were ▁sens ation ally ▁dump ed ▁out . ▁The ▁Metropol it ans ▁showed ▁greater ▁fit ness , ▁alert ness ▁and ▁hung er ▁and ▁led ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁way . ▁Johnny ▁Do ole y ' s ▁second - half ▁goal , ▁fired ▁from ▁a ▁ 2 0 - met re ▁free , ▁brought ▁Off aly ▁right ▁back ▁into ▁cont ention , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁Dublin ▁who ▁got ▁the ▁late ▁scores ▁to ▁cl inch ▁it . ▁Not ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁had ▁Off aly ▁failed ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁Le in ster ▁Senior ▁Hur ling ▁Final , ▁so ▁their ▁supp or ters ▁react ed ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁wh ist le ▁with ▁st unn ed ▁dis bel ief . ▁Pad ra ig ▁Hor an ▁the ▁coach ▁took ▁the ▁view ▁that : ▁" We ▁won ▁our ▁first ▁League ▁and ▁we ▁have ▁the ▁Le in ster ▁U - 2 1 ▁Title . ▁Our ▁Senior ▁side ▁is