Kildare disappoint as Donegal breeze past them to book place in Division 2 Final

Kildare have missed out on promotion to the top flight of the Allianz National Football League.

They needed to beat Donegal today to have any chance of going up, and they also needed results to go a certain way elsewhere.

This afternoon at Fr. Tierney Park in Ballyshannon, Donegal breezed past a poor Kildare side to win by 13 points and clinch promotion.

If finished: Donegal 1-20, Kildare 0-10.

Donegal led by nine points to no score after 19 minutes in the first half with the elements behind them.

Neil Flynn finally got a point for Kildare after 24 minutes.

By the break - with Oisin Gallen and Niall O'Donnell both impressing - Donegal led by 0-13 to 0-1.

Jamie Brennan got the Donegal goal in the second half.

Kildare lost both Eoin Doyle and Kevin Flynn to black cards.

Donegal are promoted along with Meath, who have topped the Division 2 table.

Kildare finish fourth in Division 2.

Meath beat Fermanagh by 2-12 to 0-11 in Navan.

The sides now meet in the Division 2 Final next weekend.

Elsewhere in Division 2, Cork beat Armagh by 3-9 (18) to 1-14 (17) but it was not enough to save the Rebel County from the drop to Division 3 while Clare beat Tipperary by 3-15 to 1-19 so the banner county retain their Division 2 status. Tipp are relegated.