Ulster Council GAA

All-Ireland MFC Semi Final:
Mayo 2-09  Down 0-09

Cillian O’Connor netted two second-half goals as Mayo beat Down by 2-9 to 0-9 in Sunday’s GAA All Ireland Minor Football Semi-final at Croke Park.

Down led by 0-7 to 0-5 at the break and looked to be on their way to a comfortable win after dominating the first half.

However, the course of the game was completely changed when O’Connor popped up for his first goal just four minutes into the second-half.

Niall McPartland, who popped up with a late goal in the quarter-final win over Dublin, then had a great chance to hit back immediately, but his shot was brilliantly stopped by Mayo goalkeeper Michael Schlingermann.

And the Ulster side were made to pay dearly for their profligacy as O’Connor grabbed his second goal inside a remarkable three minutes. The Mayo full-forward drove the ball to the back of the net after Jack McDonnell’s shot had been saved.

Mayo led by 2-6 to 0-7 and Down were unable to get back into the game, kicking just two points to the Westerners’ 2-4 in a strange second-half.

Mayo will now play Armagh in the All Ireland final on September 20.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 9:33 pm and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

On Saturday 22^nd August the semi-finals and final of the Buncrana Cup (U16 Development Squads) took place in Co Donegal.

After an exciting days football in which the standard was very high Derry came out victorious.

A special thanks to Naomh Padraig Muff and Burt for hosting the 2 semi-finals as well as the Buncrana Club for hosting the final. The conditions of all 3 grounds were a credit to the clubs concerned especially after all the bad weather there was.

See below the results from the day:

Semi-Finals
Derry 3-07    Monaghan  0-08
Tyrone  3-11    Armagh  2-10

Final
Derry  1-20    Tyrone  2-08

3^rd/4^th Place Play-Off
Monaghan  3-10   Armagh  2-10

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Also on the same day the other 5 Counties in the province took part in a Blitz at MUSA Cookstown.

Again the standard was very high with Donegal and Down showing up the best on the day.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 4:05 pm and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Pictured at the launch of the 2009 Ulster Inter-Firms GAA Competition at Belfast City Hall (L-R) Gary Rocks (Ulster Inter-Firms Secretary) Pearse McCormick (Belfast City Council) Danny Murphy (Ulster GAA) Colm McElroy (Belfast Solicitors’ GAA) and Mark Franey (Citigroup).

The 2009 Competition gets under way this week with teams from companies across the province battling it out over the course of the next few weeks for the honour of becoming Ulster Champions and representing Ulster in the All Ireland Series.

Please see www.ulsterinterfirms.gaa.ie for further details.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 9:56 am and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final:
Cork 1-13 Tyrone 0-11

Cork overcame the first-half dismissal of Alan O’Connor to dethrone champions Tyrone with a superb performance in an absorbing All Ireland semi-final at Croke Park on Sunday.

In the end, Conor Counihan’s impressive charges had five points to spare, but they could easily have won by a far greater margin but for some wayward shooting in the final quarter, such was their complete dominance of the game.

Their profligacy was the only sour note on an otherwise seminal day for this Cork team, which will face either Kerry or Meath in next month’s final. They will approach the final with huge confidence after squeezing the life out of the seemingly unbeatable Red Hands.

Cork were on top all over the pitch, but their defence was all but impregnable throughout a tight second half. Tyrone’s forwards continually overturned valuable possession, with attack after attack breaking down as Cork broke at pace to expose the Ulster champions’ wearying legs.

Indeed, it appeared at times that Cork were playing with the extra man such was the energy they approached the final quarter. Alan O’Connor had been sent off in the 30th minute at a time when Tyrone were coming back into the game after an horrendous start.

The St Colm’s midfielder, who had earlier been booked for a late challenge, was given his marching orders by referee John Bannon for a clumsy but seemingly innocuous tackle on Owen Mulligan. However, the sending off appeared to spur on the Rebels to even further heroics and Tyrone made little use of the extra man, Sean Cavanagh, who played a somewhat defensive role when he came on as a half-time sub for Tommy McGuigan.

Cavanagh was unable to start after struggling with a stomach bug overnight and his arrival at the break failed to wake Tyrone from their slumber. From the first minute, Cork were first to every ball and all-action running style Mickey Harte has fostered in recent years was easily countered by the Rebels, who competed in the physical stakes throughout and came out on top.

Cork went on the rampage from the off and snaffled an early goal when Daniel Goulding crashed the ball past Pascal McConnell after just eight minutes. However, they went in just five points up at the break – 1-9 to 0-7 – after Tyrone had managed to get back into the game for a brief period towards the end of the half.

But Cork had dominated the game, especially in the vital middle third, where Enda McGinley’s performance betrayed the nearly two months he missed through injury. The lack of any primary possession meant the Tyrone attack was starved of any possession and key forwards Stephen O’Neill and Owen Mulligan played peripheral roles at time.

Cork appeared fired up by Alan O’Connor’s sending off and they upped the physical stakes after the break. For a ten-minute period, they allowed Tyrone to have the ball, but they continually repelled them with crafty defending and thundering tackles.

The closest Tyrone came to pegging Cork back was when they reduced the margin to four points in the 41st minute, but the Rebels quickly hit back and managed to keep the champions at arm’s length for the rest of the game.

Cork began a little tentatively as Donncha O’ Connor drove an early free wide and then John Miskella was similarly wayward with a long-range shot minutes later.

Ryan McMenamin was handed the unenviable task of marking Pearse O’Neill, but he abandoned his defensive duties in the third minute when he scorched forward from centre-back to land the opening score of the game.

Cork were level a minute later when Paul Kerrigan, as is his wont, skinned Davy Harte for pace on the outside and fisted the ball over the bar from a tight angle.

Again, Tyrone edged ahead when Harte found Stephen O’Neill with a long ball and the Former Footballer of the year found his range from out on the left.

Bu the pattern of the first half changed irrevocably after eight minutes when Cork stole in for a deserved goal. Graham Canty, the Cork captain, barrelled forward and fed in Colm O’Neill, but his goalbound shot was blocked by PJ Quinn. The ball fell kindly for Goulding, whose emphatic shot crashed to the roof of the net.

The goal visibly lifted the Rebels and they began to impose their counter-attacking style on the game. Tyrone were struggling in the middle third and Cork took advantage clinically to kick the next four points without reply.

Pearse O’Neill, who was getting the better off McMenamin in the opening exchanges, found space in the inside forward line and opted to fist the ball over the bar when he might have opted to go for goal. O’Connor landed two further frees and Colm O’Neill hit his first of the day as Cork raced into a 1-6 to 0-2 lead.

Kevin Hughes stemmed the Rebel tide when he found acres of room in the middle of the field and raced through the heart of the Cork attack to hit the Red Hands’ first point for 11 minutes.

But Goulding reasserted Cork’s dominance when he robbed full-back Conor Gormley of the ball and slotted neatly over. Colm O’Neill then added a stunning point, following some patient build-up play, to leave Cork eight points up and coasting.

Inevitably, the Tyrone response came and they finally seemed to emerge from their stupor as they hit four of the next five points. There were encouraging signs as Brian Dooher started to exert his influence on the game after Miskella had tracked him well over the first 30 minutes. Dooher was the architect of a fine Tyrone score on 28 minutes, his clever low ball finding Stephen O’Neill, who stole past Anthony Lynch and chipped over the bar. O’Neill added a free and Tyrone trailed by 1-9 to 0-7 at the interval.

Tyrone needed to come at Cork from the start, but the Rebels nearly put the game beyond any doubt at the start of the second half. Pearse O’Neill’s long-range shot appeared to be drifting wide until it struck a post and fell kindly for Paul Kerrigan, who fumbled the ball when he looked destined to hammer home the killer blow.

The second half played out somewhat unexpectedly as 14-man Cork easily repelled their opponents. Strangely, Cavanagh was deployed in a deep-lying role and he failed to make any major contribution after his arrival.

The game spilled over after 54 minutes – at a time when Cork had stretched their lead out to six points again – when Pearse O’Neill appeared to catch Brian McGuigan with a late challenge. Cork showed no signs of weakness and the outcome at that point looked inevitable. Indeed, it seemed like a telling moment when Mickey Harte opted to haul Brian Dooher ashore after just 55 minutes.

In the final quarter, Cork hit an alarming number of wides and could have been made to pay when Cavanagh rattled the post in injury time. However, it was not to be Tyrone’s day and Cork held on for a five-point win.

Tyrone: P McConnell, PJ Quinn, C Gormley, R McMenamin (0-01), D Harte (0-01), Justin McMahon, P Jordan (0-1), K Hughes (0-1), E McGinley, B Dooher, T McGuigan, Joe McMahon, M Penrose (0-1), S O’Neill (0-4, 0-1f), O Mulligan (0-2, 0-2f).

Subs: B McGuigan for T McGuigan (HT), S Cavanagh for McGinley ’46, Sean O’Neill for Gormley ’54, A Cassidy for Dooher ’54, C McCullagh for Joe McMahon ’64.

Cork: A Quirke, R Carey, M Shields, A Lynch, N O’Leary, G Canty, J Miskella, A O’Connor (0-1), N Murphy, P Kerrigan (0-1), P O’Neill (0-1), P Kelly (0-2), D Goulding (1-1), C O’Neill (0-2), D O’Connor (0-4, 0-3f).

Subs: F Goold (0-1) for Goulding ’58, J Hayes for Kerrigan ’60, M Cussen for O’Connor ’66, K O’Connor for O’Leary ’69, Cadogan for Miskella ’71

Referee: J Bannon (Longford).

Attendance: 52, 492

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All-Ireland ESB Minor Football Championship Semi-Final:
Armagh 2-10  Kerry 0-10

Armagh booked their place in the ESB All-Ireland minor football final with a deserved six-point victory over Kerry at Croke Park.

Kerry led 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time after Eanna O’Connor hit four points for the Kingdom but two Gavin McParland goals helped the Orchard men fight back.

McParland netted 13 seconds after the restart after good work by Andrew Murnin and Peter Carragher.

Two Rory Grogan points edged Armagh two up before McParland’s second goal.

Grogan finished on six points for an Armagh side that missed several other goal chances.

Armagh will face either Down or Mayo in the All-Ireland decider at Croke Park on 20 September.

Report:  bbc.co.uk/ni

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On Saturday 15th August in Owenbeg, Dungiven it was the turn of the U-15 Development Squads to take part in a blitz organised by Ulster GAA.

With the exception of Down and Monaghan, all the other Counties took part in the Blitz in which they had 2 Teams competing (Cavan 1) and they all got an opportunity to play against each other.

After a great day’s football in which there were a total of 35 Games, everyone involved was very pleased and felt the day was very worth-while.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pm and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

ESB All Ireland MFC Quarter-Final:
Down 2-16  Dublin 2-14

Down grabbed themselves a place in the last four of the ESB All Ireland MFC thanks to an injury time goal from Niall McPartland on Saturday in Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan.

Dublin had levelled the game thanks to a 58th-minute Philip Ryan goal and took the lead going into additional time when Darragh Stapleton added two further points.

However, the men from the capital were denied a place in the semi-finals when McPartland latched on to a lofted ball into the full-forward line and fired to the back of the net to give the Mourne men a two-point victory.

Dublin made the perfect start when the impressive Stapleton netted a goal after just four minutes, but the Ulster champions hit back to reduce the deficit to two points – 1-5 to 0-6.

Ross McGarry then hit the net for Mark Turley’s charges before a further exchange of scores saw the side level at 1-8 apiece at half-time.

Down then raced into a 1-13 to 1-9 lead at the start of the second half before Ryan’s goal levelled the game in the dying minutes.

However, the day was destined to end in heartbreak for the Dubs when McPartland stole in late on to score the winning goal.

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On Saturday past (8^th August) in Owenbeg Dungiven it was the turn of the U-17 Development Squads to take part in a Blitz organised by the Ulster Council.

With the exception of Armagh and Monaghan all other 7 Counties took part in the Blitz which every County had an opportunity to play each other.

After a great days football, Cavan (won 4 drew 2) and Fermanagh (won 5 lost 1) would have to be very pleased with their performances in which all 7 Counties expressed that the day was very worth-while.

Picture: Mary K Burke

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Ulster GAA and St Mary’s University College Belfast have today announced a pioneering joint initiative to offer a College Accredited Course in ‘Gaelic Games Team Fit’.

This course will be the first of its kind offering Gaels the opportunity to study, part time, the theory and practical elements of Gaelic Games. The course will take place on Wednesday nights 6pm – 9pm for 11 weeks starting on 7th October.

Expert GAA tutors will teach the course over an 11-week period to a class of 30 people in St Mary’s University College, Belfast. No formal qualification is required to gain a place on the course but one essential criterion is that all course recipients must have access to an adult GAA team which they will work closely with to transfer the knowledge taught in the classroom into practice on the pitch.

Announcing this cutting-edge joint initiative Ulster GAA’s Director of Coaching and Games Development, Dr Eugene Young, stated,

“The GAA is Ireland’s largest amateur sporting and cultural organisation, in Ulster alone there are over 250,000 people involved in the GAA. Our players play the game because they love the game. It’s as simple as that. But just because our games are classed as ‘amateur sports’ should not give the impression that our players and structures are any less than professional.

Our athletes could compete with any professional athlete in terms of fitness, skill and commitment and we believe in investing in our athletes and our games. This course is one key initiative to provide our volunteers with the opportunity to learn about Gaelic Games and wider Sports Science issues so that they can bring it back to their clubs and counties to help train our sportspeople to the highest standards.

I have no doubt that there will be huge demand for this course, which is accredited by St Mary’s University College and I would urge Gaels who are interested in developing their coaching skills and knowledge of sports science to apply for a place. The course is open to everyone regardless of qualifications, age, gender, or background.”

St Mary’s University College Senior Physical Education Lecturer, Paddy Tally, will be Course Director of ‘Gaelic Games Team Fit’, he stated,

“This is an exciting partnership between St Mary’s University College and Ulster GAA. We already work very closely together promoting Gaelic Games and providing coach education within the College and this will be an extension of that.

This course will offer GAA sportspeople the opportunity to receive a College Accredited Certificate, that is an important accolade for those who work tireless in a voluntary capacity developing Gaelic Games within their own clubs and counties.

We hope this course will offer the participants the chance to gain knowledge, understanding and new opportunities for personal development and also to give them something positive to work towards.

Places are limited to 30 and there is no doubt that there will be many people interested in this course so I would urge people to apply early.”

‘Gaelic Games Team Fit’ aims to develop:

• an awareness of the essential components of preparation for Gaelic Football and Hurling teams,
• an understanding of the underlying science and theory of sport science,
• an understanding and knowledge of the application of sport science and technology to Gaelic Teams.
• a range of theoretical and practical skills.

So that students:

• are prepared for working with Gaelic teams of minor aged level and above,
• are well-equipped for a range tasks within the Gaelic Football/Hurling team environment,
• can contribute effectively to the preparation and performance of Gaelic Teams,
• can achieve personal fulfilment in this area of study.

The Course fee is £300. Ulster GAA will be offering bursaries for eligible students.

Applications are now open for the course, which is due to start on 7th October 2009. To apply log onto:www.smucb.ac.uk or www.ulster.gaa.ie

For further information see ‘Advertisement‘ or contact:
Dr Eugene Young, Tel: 028 (048) 3751 7180,   Email: eugene.young.ulster@gaa.ie

Related:

- Team Fit Application Form 2009/2010
- Team Fit Course FAQ’s
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final:
Tyrone 0-16  Kildare 1-11

Tyrone produced a brilliant second half performance to beat Kildare by 0-16 to 1-11 in a thrilling GAA All Ireland Senior Football Quarter-final at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Lilywhites led by 1-7 to 0-6 at the break after outplaying the All Ireland champions in the first half, but Tyrone hit five points in a row after the break to wrestle control of the game back from Kieran McGeeney’s side.

Kildare led by 1-2 to 0-2 inside the first 14 minutes after Ronan Sweeney’s superb goal. Tyrone were in real trouble from the start as Kildare played with a real hunger and terrific pace that seemed to catch the Red Hand off guard.

However, Tyrone’s marquee names came to the fore in the second half, with Owen Mulligan scoring three vital points from play and Stephen O’Neill finishing with seven points after a wonderful performance.

After struggling to come to terms with the inspirational Dermot Earley early on, Sean Cavanagh also came to the fore, while Brian Dooher delivered another typically dogged display when the game reached its climax in the last ten minutes.

However, Kildare will rue some poor shooting in the closing stages as they had the chances to at least take the match to extra time. Fittingly, it was Tyrone full-back Justin McMahon who kicked the insurance point in the 65th minute. Manager Mickey Harte admitted afterwards that his side’s vast experience had helped them over the line against a Kildare team who are relative newcomers to this level of football.

Kildare dominated the opening exchanges while Tyrone took some time find the pace of the game. McGeeney’s men were first to every ball in the opening ten minutes and it was hardly surprising when they went into an early two-point lead.

Their captain, John Doyle, had the Lilywhites ahead from a placed ball after three minutes and he added another from play soon after. Tyrone looked to be in disarray but Dooher lifted their spirits with a brilliant point from play to get them off the mark. O’Neill then levelled the game after Mulligan had found him with a clever pass in the corner.

However, Tyrone’s revival was short lived as Kildare rocked the All Ireland champions with a superb goal after 14 minutes. Andrew McLoughlin, who had just come on as a substitute for Emmet Bolton, started the move with a long pass from inside his own half which was caught by James Kavanagh. The Kildare wing-forward was through on goal, but he unselfishly offloaded to Sweeney, who fired past Pascal McConnell.

Tyrone hit back with points from Davy Harte and another O’Neill free. But the Red Hand were finding the intense pace Kildare were setting impossible to live with. Kildare underlined their superiority when they scored four points without reply in a five-minute spell. Kavanagh’s 26th-minute effort was a real beauty from under the Cusack Stand while Alan Smith’s point four minutes later was its equal.

Tyrone responded with the next two points to reel Kildare back to within three points, the second a spectacular shot by O’Neill from a tight angle. But Kildare had the final say of the half and extended their lead to four at the break when Doyle landed a magnificent sideline kick.

Tyrone hared out of the blocks after the break to kick five points without reply. Mulligan was starting to dominate Gary White and he managed three points inside six minutes, while O’Neill chipped in with two fees to give them the lead – 0-11 to 1-7 – for the first time in the 44th minute. Martin Penrose then added another and Tyrone led by two.

Great credit must go to Kildare though as they hit back with the next three points, Doyle landing two frees and another from play which gave them back the lead going into the final 15 minutes.

Dooher then levelled the game after Cavanagh had won a clean kick out, while O’Neill landed his fourth from play as Tyrone edged ahead going into the final ten minutes. Again, Kildare hit back with a point from Michael Foley.

Almost inevitably, Tyrone upped their game in the final minutes and while Kildare kicked a number of wides, O’Neill and Justin McMahon kicked the final points of the game to secure their safe passage to an All Ireland Semi-final showdown with Cork.

Kildare: T Corley; H McGrillen, M Foley, E Bolton; M O’Flaherty, B Flanagan, G White; D Flynn, D Earley; J Kavanagh, P O’Neill, R Sweeney; A Smith, K Donnelly, J Doyle.

Tyrone: P McConnell; PJ Quinn, J McMahon, R McMenamin; D Hate, C Gormley, P Jordan; K Hughes, S Cavanagh; B Dooher, T McGuigan, J McMahon; M Penrose, S O’Neill, O Mulligan.

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final:
Cork 1-27  Donegal 2-10

Cork cruised into the GAA All Ireland Senior Football Semi-final with a comfortable 1-27 to 2-10 win over Donegal at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Rebels were rarely tested by a clearly fatigued Doengal side and the game was over as a contest inside the first 25 minutes as Cork established a huge lead which they never looked like relinquishing.

Doengal had no answer to Cork’s brilliant attacking football, and their own attack, which once again featured Colm McFadden and Michael Murphy in a two-man full forward line, did not get the space and time they had been afforded in last week’s Qualifier win over Galway.

Cork now go into the All Ireland Semi-finals with all the questions their stuttering Munster final win over Limerick had thrown up well and truly answered. Once again, their success stemmed from an ability to control the middle third and a supply of quality ball to an attack that was in clinical form.

Paul Kerrigan finished with 1-4 and his pace in the half-forward line terrified the Donegal defence, while wing-back John Miskella once again showed that he is one of the finest attacking footballers in the game with a four-point haul from wing-back.

Murphy finished with 0-6 (0-3f) for Donegal, but he was well marshalled by Cork full-back Michael Shields throughout. There were few other positive points for Donegal boss John Joe Doherty, but they at least have something to build on for next year after Qualifier wins over Derry and Galway.

After a competitive opening 14 minutes, Cork blew Donegal out of the water with a devastating spell leading up to the break that yielded eight points without reply. Murphy grabbed two points late in the half for Donegal and the Munster champions led by 0-14 to 0-4 at the break. Donegal went 22 minutes without scoring and with it their hopes were dashed.

Cork were equally relentless after the break and Kerrigan’s goal after 44 minutes really highlighted the gap in quality between the two teams. Paddy Kelly won a great ball just under the Hogan Stand and combined well with Donncha O’Connor before he fisted a pass in front of Nemo Rangers clubman Kerrigan. The barrel-chested wing-forward burst through on goal and planted the ball into the far corner. Cork led by 1-15 to 0-5 and the game was effectively over.

The game had lost its competitive edge and Cork were able to pick off scores with ease. Substitute Fintan Goold scored three points upon his introduction while Murphy did his best to save face for Donegal.

Donegal did manage the first of two consolation goals in the 57th minute when Murphy won a high ball on the edge of the square and played Rory Kavanagh in on goal. The Donegal wing-forward placed the ball neatly past Alan Quirke and Donegal trailed by 11 points, 1-18 to 1-7.

Cork hit the next five points to reassert their complete dominance before Donegal struck 1-3 in the last seven minutes to put a coat of gloss on the score line. Their second goal came from the boot of Stephen Griffin, who latched on to another Murphy pass in the 68th minute.

Cork: A Quirke, R Carey, M Shields, K O’Connor, N O’Leary, G Canty (0-1), J Miskella (0-4), A O’Connor, N Murphy, P Kerrigan (1-4), P O’Neill (0-2), P Kelly (0-2), D Goulding (0-3), C O’Neill (0-2), D O’Connor (0-4, 0-3f).

Subs: F Goold (0-3) for O’Connor ’44, F Lynch for O’Neill ’51, M Cussen for Murphy ’53, P Kissane (0-2) for Miskella ’56, J Hayes for Kerrigan ’62.

Donegal: M Boyle, F McGlynn, N McGee, K Lacey, B Dunnion, B Monaghan (0-1), E McGee (0-1), B Boyle, K Cassidy, R Kavanagh (1-0), B Roper (0-1), L McLoone, C Dunne, M Murphy (0-6, 0-3f), C McFadden.

Subs: D Walsh for McLoone HT, S Griffin (1-0) for Roper HT, D Gallagher for Boyle ’47, A Hanlon (0-1) for Dunne ’51, E Wade for E Magee ’56. 

Referee: M Deegan (Laois)

Attendance: 49,761

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All-Ireland Ladies Minor Football Championship Final:
Donegal 5-13  Clare 5-05

Donegal beat red hot favorites Clare 5-13 to 5-5 to claim their first ever All Ireland underage title in Tullamore on Sunday. After a close first half the sides were level at 3-3 each however in the second half Donegal showed how good they really are by going on to win by eight points. Geraldine Mc Laughlin at full forward was outstanding scoring 3-5 but the player of the macth award went to midfielder Ciara Hegarty who covered every blade of grass.

The result is a welcome tonic for mentor Kenny Griffin who has been involved in Donegal ladies football for 18 years. Kenny has lost several All Ireland finals so this win is proof that if you persist you will eventually get that elusive All Ireland title.

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ESB All-Ireland MFC Quarter-Final:
Armagh 2-14  Kildare 2-08

Armagh Minors booked their place in the All-Ireland semi-finals with a six-point success over Kildare at Breffni Park in Cavan on Saturday.

Kildare struck an early blow when Colin O’Shea netted but Armagh hit back with a Gavin McParland goal while Eugene McVerry scored six first-half points.

Having trailed 1-10 to 1-3 at the break, Kildare responded with a solo goal scored by Darrock Mulhall.

But an own goal by Tomas Moolick gave Armagh some breathing space.

That put Armagh 2-13 to 2-8 up and Niall Rowland put the icing on the cake with the final point of the match.

Armagh will play Roscommon or Kerry in the semi-finals.

Report: bbc.co.uk/ni

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