Kerry won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the 39th time with a dominant 1-26 to 0-19 victory over Donegal at Croke Park, crushing the Ulster champions' dream of a first title since 2012.

The Kingdom laid the foundations for their latest Sam Maguire success with a powerful attacking display in the first half in which they scored four two-pointers to lead 0-17 to 0-10 at the break.

The Munster kingpins - for whom talisman David Clifford scored 0-9 stretched their lead to nine early in the second half before Donegal clawed their way back to reduce the gap to four with 15 minutes left.

However, Kerry finished strongly to deny the sell-out 82,300 crowd a nail-biting finale, with Joe O'Connor's late goal capping a deserved win for Jack O'Connor's team.

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