Final score: Kerry 1-26 Donegal 0-19
Kerry were crowned champions of Ireland again with a 1-26 to 0-19 victory over Donegal at Croke Park.
David Clifford picked up nine points as Donegal failed to recover from a strong start to the game against the Kingdom.
It is the Clifford brothers' second All-Ireland title and the 39th time Kerry have lifted the Sam Maguire Cup.
Jack O'Connor won his fifth Irish title, becoming the first All-Ireland winner under the new rules.
Gavin White has produced one of his finest performances as captain of the Republic of Ireland as they celebrate their first title since 2022.
How did it happen?
69th minute : Joe O'Connor makes it a day to remember as he scores the only goal of the match to secure the win.
65th minute: A wonderful goal from David Clifford and a missed chance made things difficult for Donegal in the closing minutes.
60th minute: The advantage was back in Kerry's favour after two points from O'Shea and a point from Paudie Clifford gave Kerry a comfortable lead heading into the final minutes.
54th minute: Freer from Murphy cut Donegal's deficit to four points before White responded with a point to maintain Kerry's five-point lead.
However, Kerry again converted a free-kick, which Murphy took accurately.
47th minute: Donegal enjoyed their best spell of the game thanks to goals from Conor and Shane O'Donnell to extend their lead to five points.
40 mins: Paudie Clifford finishes off a superb Kerry move to extend his side's lead to eight points.
Kerry started the second half strongly with goals from O'Shea and David Clifford giving them the opportunity to pick up where they left off.
Donegal responded with a free throw from Murphy.
Kerry are comfortably in the lead in the 2025 League of Ireland Championship after beating Donegal 0-17 to 0-10 at Croke Park.
Two points from David Clifford, who scored seven, gave Kerry control of the game early on and after 15 minutes the score was 0-12 to 0-4.
Gavin White, Sean O'Shea and Dylan Geaney also contributed points to secure the lead.
Oisin Gallen and Michael Murphy both picked up three points to maintain their lead over Donegal, who trailed by seven points at the start of the second half.
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