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Mon 07 Jul 2007Sligo at last get title to go with deedsGAELIC GAMES:From Hyde Park yesterday came a glorious shout that was over 30 years in the making. Sligo football teams have played more classical football in the winless years that date back to 1975 but their story has often held a dark and blackly comic edge.Yesterday, the team in black and white burst their way into a Technicolour triumph. Sligo were about spirit here and that as much as talent and endeavour saw them defeat a Galway team bearing some of the most glittering names of the modern era.