Slaughtneil manager Michael McShane reckons his side might now finally get the respect they deserve after beating a much-fancied Dunloy to claim their third Ulster club SHC title in four years.

"The drivel that we got this week from people talking about how we weren't a good hurling team, that we were going to have to come out and bully Dunloy, physically intimidate them and do all of those things, but we wouldn't be able to out-hurl them," he said in the Irish News.

"That insulted us because we were two-times Ulster champions in the last three years. We had a bit of a blip last year (when Ballycran defeated them in the Ulster semi-final).

"Don't get me wrong, Dunloy are a superb team and we had to play at the top of our game to beat them today. But even after two (Ulster) championships in three years, we still weren't being treated as a proper hurling team. We were going out to prove ourselves all over again. To you guys (the media) and everybody else."

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