Northern media have largely reacted with enthusiasm to the first all-Ulster All-Ireland football final, but traditional attitudes to Gaelic games still persist.

The Tyrone victory led both front and back pages on the normally careful Belfast Telegraph - the evening title which sells on all sides of the divide. There were further reports on four inside pages.

The Irish News, the 50,000-selling nationalist morning newspaper, went big on the event, including a 20-page section of "action, colour and pictures from Croke Park".

The troubled News Letter, which has a strong unionist character, preferred to emphasise local soccer and a win by the Belfast Giants ice hockey team.

The All-Ireland was mentioned in the page one blurb, but the match report only managed to find a slot on page 26 - 10 pages into the "Sports Ulster" supplement.

Two news reports were carried on page 11, referring to what it saw as the deep divisions in sporting alliance.

"For a couple of hours yesterday the streets, certainly in nationalist areas, were unusually quiet, with fewer people than normal to be seen out and about," the newspaper noted. "For many unionists of course, the day was no different from any other Sunday . . ."