▁advance ▁to ▁the ▁League ▁Sem i - Final ▁against ▁Ti pper ary . ▁Although ▁con cess ion ▁of ▁too ▁many ▁fre es ▁again ▁cost ▁Off aly ▁dear , ▁this ▁was ▁an ▁exc iting ▁and ▁compet itive ▁encounter , ▁with ▁P addy ▁Kir wan ▁( B ally sk en agh ) ▁converting ▁a ▁last - min ute ▁free ▁despite ▁the ▁huge ▁t ension , ▁to ▁leave ▁it ▁all ▁square ▁( Off aly ▁ 4 - 8 , ▁Ti pper ary ▁ 1 - 1 7 ). ▁ ▁This ▁form ▁was ▁not ▁maintained ▁in ▁the ▁League ▁Sem i - final ▁re play ▁at ▁Cro ke ▁Park ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁April , ▁which ▁Ti pper ary ▁easily ▁won . ▁This ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁best ▁pre l ude ▁to ▁encounter ing ▁W ex ford ▁in ▁the ▁Le in ster ▁Senior ▁Hur ling ▁Sem i - final , ▁fixed ▁for ▁Ath y ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁cas ual ▁beginning ▁to ▁this ▁match ▁gave ▁way ▁to ▁a ▁thr illing ▁clim ax , ▁when ▁gall ant ▁Off aly ▁went ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁minimum . ▁Off aly ▁began ▁with ▁an ▁all - Se ir ▁K ier an ▁half ▁back ▁line ▁of ▁Joe ▁Mo oney , ▁Eug ene ▁C ough lan ▁and ▁K ier an ▁Mo oney , ▁with ▁C ough lan ▁in ▁particular ▁doing ▁many ▁fine ▁things ▁at ▁centre ▁back . ▁L us mag h ' s ▁Jo achim ▁Kelly ▁played ▁a ▁powerful ▁game ▁at ▁mid field ,