▁and ▁hold ▁on ▁to ▁surv ive ▁the ▁best ▁challeng es ▁Gal way ▁offered . ▁Only ▁the ▁impress ive ▁scoring ▁form ▁of ▁Ne vin ▁kept ▁Gal way ▁in ▁touch , ▁leaving ▁them ▁four ▁points ▁down ▁at ▁half ▁time , ▁ 2 - 7 ▁to ▁ 0 - 9 . ▁Ian ▁O ' R i ord an ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Irish ▁Times : ▁Lyn n ▁Dun lea ▁was ▁simply ▁out standing ▁at ▁full ▁forward , ▁dr illing ▁over ▁nine ▁points , ▁six ▁from ▁fre es , ▁and ▁prov ing ▁once ▁again ▁how ▁games ▁can ▁be ▁won ▁or ▁lost ▁with ▁depend able ▁free - t akers . ▁Added ▁to ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁fire power ▁of ▁I rene ▁O ' K ee ffe , ▁whose ▁two ▁goals ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁had ▁Gal way ▁constantly ▁playing ▁catch - up ▁afterwards . ▁Last ▁year ’ s ▁captain , ▁L inda ▁M eller ick , ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁a ▁mar vel ▁at ▁mid field ▁and ▁even ▁though ▁she ▁only ▁once ▁made ▁the ▁score board , ▁she ▁created ▁plenty ▁of ▁scores . ▁Consider ing ▁M eller ick ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁ret ire ▁after ▁last ▁season ' s ▁victory , ▁you ▁just ▁had ▁to ▁wonder ▁where ▁she ▁continues ▁to ▁get ▁her ▁energy ▁and ▁enthus ias m .” ▁ ▁Jim ▁O ' S ull ivan , ▁who ▁described ▁M eller ick ’ s ▁performance ▁as ▁her ▁“ her ▁best ▁ever ▁in ▁the ▁red ▁and ▁white ” ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Irish ▁Ex am iner : ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁victory ▁for ▁g rit ▁and