WATCH: Plaudits aplenty for Sean Maguire as he fires Cork City into FAI Cup final

A second half double from Sean Maguire secured Cork City one half of the billing in the FAI Cup final.

A stunning header from the 22-year-old shortly after half-time gave the Rebels a 2-1 lead over St Pat's on Sunday and a confident run resulted in his second of the game which guaranteed City a clash with either Dundalk or Derry City at the Aviva Stadium next month.

Sean Maguire leaves Cork utterly in control at Richmond Park #RTEsoccer https://t.co/IK07xjTFZL

— Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) October 2, 2016

Maguire, who joined John Caulfield's side late last year, carried his goalscoring exploits into the tie at Richmond Park and found the net for the 24th time this season.

Sean Maguire wraps it up for Cork https://t.co/04yl3r2xlc — Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) October 2, 2016

City's top scorer this term is in confident form and his showing against St Pat's left plenty of supporters predicting a bright future for the Republic of Ireland U21 international. https://twitter.com/SeanCorcoran98/status/782619412616609793 https://twitter.com/justburko/status/782619505486860288 https://twitter.com/JoeLeogue/status/782619884454834176 https://twitter.com/PatrickTutty1/status/782619894802153473 https://twitter.com/lukeherlihy5/status/782620041024069632 https://twitter.com/pagep195/status/782620059126685696 https://twitter.com/GrahamMcSweeney/status/782620214773051392 https://twitter.com/nolucifer/status/782621679654670336 https://twitter.com/17Leagues24cups/status/782625801040691201 https://twitter.com/KealanBrady1/status/782627586354581504