Kerry Beat Brave Tyrone

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ZuCar All-Ireland U-18 B championship final

Kerry 1-12

Tyrone 1-10

(after extra-time)

By Dan Kearney

It was tense, it was tight, and in the end it took extra-time before Kerry claimed the ZuCar All Ireland U18 B championship over Tyrone at Glenisk O’Connor Park Tullamore.

It looked like Kerry had the game in the bag when Leah Griffin scored a fine goal in the 56th minute to put her side five points ahead.

Tyrone showed admirable spirit to fight back though with Hannah Donnelly and Keeva Donnelly pointing, and star forward Érin McGinn hitting the back of the net to bring the game to extra-time.

Owens pointed her sixth free of the contest at the start of overtime but Kerry had the legs and a brace of frees from Sadhbh O’Sullivan and Erin Evans point from play ensured that Kerry captain and player of the match Muireann Teahan would claim the cup.

Kerry played with the aid of a very strong breeze in the first half and raced into 0-5 to 0-0 lead in the first quarter as both sides were guilty of some poor turnovers early doors.

Griffin got her side off the mark in the first minute. From the kickout Tyrone’s Caitlinn McCarron was forced into a fine goal line block from Faye Lynch as Kerry came raiding once more.

Seoladh Flynn pushed the Kingdom 2-0 ahead followed by a brace of Evans frees, before Kelsey Cummins pushed her side 5 to the good.

Then Tyrone came storming into the game and might have had 3 goals but for the excellence of Kerry goalkeeper Caoimhe O’Mahony.

A shot from McGinn in the 20th minute fell short and O’Mahony did well to keep out Dana Coyle’s palmed effort.

Two minutes later and O’Mahony did brilliantly to get a hand to the dangerous McGinn’s effort although Keeva Owens did point the subsequent free from an earlier foul.

Tyrone were enjoying a lot of possession now and Dana Coyle pointed to make it a 3 point contest although O’Mahony was forced to save once more from McGinn with Sibéal Ní Shéaghdha doing brilliantly to clear Hannah Donnelly’s follow up.

The accurate Erin Evans, a sister of Kerry senior Keith, pointed the last two frees of the half and Kerry led by 0-7 to 0-2 at half time.

Kerry pushed 0-9 to 0-4 ahead through Evans (free) and the raiding Jamie Lee O’Connor with the Tyrone reply coming from McGinn and Keeva Owens (free).

Griffin’s goal looked to have sealed things for Kerry but huge credit must go to Tyrone for their stunning fight back with McGinn’s goal the highlight.

Jer O’Sullivan’s side got the scores in extra-time however and claimed a deserved win after an enthralling contest.

 

Scorers – Kerry: E Evans 0-6 (5f), L Griffin 1-1, S O’Sullivan 0-2f, K Cummins 0-1 J L O’Connor 0-1, S Flynn 0-1.

Tyrone: K Owens 0-7f,E McGinn 1-1, D Coyle 0-1, H Donnelly 0-1.

 

KERRY: C O’Mahony; R Daly, A Brosnan, S Ní Shéaghdha; J Lee O’Connor, E Dillane, A Doyle; L Griffin, C O’Sullivan; S Flynn, M Teahan (capt.), F Lynch; E Evans, N O’Donoghue, K Cummins. Subs: T O’Sullivan for F Lynch H/T, S O’Sullivan for N O’Donoghue 43, I Wynton for R Daly 51, B Curtin for K Cummins 58, S O’Halloran for S Flynn 60 + 15et, S Heaseman for E Evans 60 +20 et.

TYRONE: R Mullin; C McCarron, E Daly, Z McAnespy; A Leonard, E Kelly, C McCanny; K Owens (capt.), I Grimes; D Coyle, H Donnelly, M Muldoon; L McDonnell, É McGinn, C McMoran. Subs: E Daly for L McDonnell 38, A McCullagh for M Muldoon 51, K Corcoran for I Grimes 56, I Grimes for H Donnelly 60 +5(et), I Grimes for H Donnelly 60 + 4et, E Sweeney for D Coyle 60 + 15 et, S Loughran for Z MxAnespy 60 +15 et.

Referee: Ray McBride (Dublin).

Mc Bennett Points the Way

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ZuCar All-Ireland U-18 C championship final

Armagh 4-18

Longford 0-9

 

By Kieran Lynch

 

Ten points from Lily Mc Bennett and an excellent team performance powered Armagh to victory over Longford in the ZuCar All-Ireland U-18 C championship final at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones.

Armagh started the game brightly, with Lily McBennett splitting the posts from a free. Minutes later, that was followed up by the score of the day when Caoimhe Gollogly pointed a free from what would be two-point territory at senior level, but just a white flag was raised on this occasion.

At the other end, Longford got up and running after a well-worked move was pointed by captain Zara Drake, and although Armagh forwards McBennett and Alanna O’Neill split their side’s next four points evenly, Longford remained within touching distance with scores from Mia Kiernan and Shauna Madden.

Indeed, David Tiernan’s team had a chance to go level when Kiernan shot for goal, but her effort was blocked by Orchard full back Mia O’Hara. Instead, Armagh pushed six clear with scores from Gollogly, O’Neill and McBennett.

The Leinster girls pulled the gap back to four with Drake and Orla McGann on target, but on the brink of half-time, Armagh landed a crucial score when Nicole O’Reilly superbly finished into the bottom corner of the net, to put her side 1-9 to 0-5 ahead at the break.

Longford’s Madden opened the second half’s scoring, but a burst of 2-1 for Armagh in a matter of minutes virtually put the game beyond doubt. First, Jessica McCreesh finished into the far corner of the net, then McBennett added another point before Moya McGrane raised her side’s third green flag of the day from close range.

McBennett and Drake then traded scores, before Cassie Henderson – who had a hand in so many of the Armagh scores throughout the day – got her just rewards with a point of her own.

The next four points were split evenly with McBennett and Gollogly finding the target for Armagh, whilst Madden and Lauren Maguire doing likewise at the other end.

With time ticking away, McBennett capped a superb display with three further points, whilst Gollogy knocked over another free. Gollogly then put the icing on the cake with the game’s final action, firing home Armagh’s fourth goal of the day.

Scorers – Armagh: L McBennett 0-10 (4f), C Gollogly 1-4 (3f), A O’Neill 0-3 (1f), N O’Reilly, J McCreesh, M McGrane 1-0 each, C Henderson 0-1.

Longford: Z Drake, S Madden (2f) 0-3 each, M Kiernan, O McGann, L Maguire 0-1 each.

ARMAGH: L O’Neill; E Melanophy, M O’Hara, C Carnegie; A Hagan, M McGrane, A Lavery (capt.); E Hart, C Henderson; J McCreesh, L McBennett, A Brennan; C Gollogly, A O’Neill, N O’Reilly. Subs: B Carragher for Gollogly (34), Gollogly for McGrane (42), O Campbell for O’Neill (46), S McKeever for Carnegie (46), C McGeary for Brennan (55), J Bann for McCreesh (56).

LONGFORD: S McDermott; A Tiernan, B Reilly, L Killian; E Kearney, O McGann, L Maguire; M Kiernan, A O’Brien; E Feeney, S Madden, Z Drake (capt.); E Dowd, M Lynn, A Mulligan. Subs: S Murphy for Dowd (42), M Campbell for Lynn (47), L Kiernan for Mulligan (58), A Lynch for Feeney (60), L Kenny for Tiernan (60+3).

Referee: Kevin Corcoran (Mayo).

GOOD LUCK TYRONE AND ARMAGH

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ZuCar U18 Finals

Good luck to Tyrone and Armagh who play in the B and C ZuCar U18 All Ireland finals on Saturday.

In the B final Tyrone meet Kerry in Tullamore at 2pm while in the C final Armagh take on Longford in Clones at 2pm.

ARMAGH LOOSE TO SUPERB GALWAY

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TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final

Galway 0-21

Armagh 0-8

By Kieran Lynch 

Galway were too strong for Armagh at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, as a superb team performance with ten different scorers powered them to a 13-point win and booked their spot in the TG4 All-Ireland senior final.

The Connacht champions got the first two scores on the board through two Noones, Eva and Hannah, before Aimee Mackin got Armagh up and running from a free.

The Tribeswomen began to take control during the middle phase of the first half, with two points from Leanne Coen and scores from Niamh Divilly and Kate Slevin putting them 0-6 to 0-1 ahead after 15 minutes.

Scores from Kelly Mallon (free) and Aimee Mackin either side of an Olivia Divilly point provided Armagh with some optimism, but Galway closed out the first half in style, with points from Kate Thompson and two from Olivia Divilly seeing them take a commanding seven-point lead into the changing rooms.

Daniel Moynihan’s side almost had the perfect start to the second half when Nicola Ward broke three tackles and supplied Slevin to the right of goal, but she was denied superbly by the outstretched leg of Brianna Mathers.

Galway did increase their lead to eight when Coen notched her third point of the game, and although Mallon pointed a free at the other end, the Armagh goalkeeper was called into action once more.

Again Ward caused the Armagh defence problems, this time playing a give-and-go with Thompson, but Mathers again stepped up to the mark, denying the centre half back in a one on one.

Galway didn’t go empty handed however, as Roisin Leonard stroked over the score of the game from the resulting ’45, raising an orange flag.

Galway pulled 11 points clear coming into the final ten minutes with Niamh Divilly, Shauna Hynes, Ward and Olivia Divilly (free) all pointing, with Armagh’s response coming via two Aimee Mackin frees.

Moynihan’s side closed out a classy display in style in the closing stages, with two scores from substitute Hynes and one from Eva Noone adding to their tally. Two points from Armagh captain Lauren McConville at the other end were mere consolations, before Hynes closed the scoring with her fourth.

 

Scorers – Galway: O Divilly (2f), S Hynes 0-4 each, L Coen 0-3, E Noone, N Divilly, R Leonard (1’45) 0-2 each, H Noone, K Slevin, K Thompson, N Ward 0-1 each.

Armagh: A Mackin 0-4 (3f), K Mallon, L McConville 0-2 each.

 

GALWAY: L O’Halloran; B Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, K Geraghty (capt.); H Noone, N Ward, E Power; N Divilly, S Divilly; O Divilly, K Slevin, K Thompson; E Noone, L Coen, R Leonard. Subs: L Ward for S Divilly (44), S Hynes for Leonard (45), C Trill for Power (48), R Quinn for Ní Loingsigh (51), S Healy for Quinn (53).

 

ARMAGH: B Mathers; A Donnelly, C McCambridge, C Towe; E Druse, L McConville (capt.), G Ferguson; B Mackin, C O’Reilly; L Marsden, A McCoy, C Marley; A Mackin, C O’Hanlon, K Mallon. Subs: C Henderson for O’Reilly (19), R Mulligan for Marsden (23), C McNally for Mallon (44), E Melanophy for Marley (48), N Reel for O’Hanlon (51).

 

Referee: Angela Gallagher (Meath).

ARMAGH JUST 60 MINUTES FROM CROKER

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TG4 ALL IRELAND SEMI FINAL

Tomorrow (Saturday) Armagh will meet Galway in Pearse Park, Longford with the prize on offer, a place in the All Ireland final in two weeks time. The Orchard girls have been in fine form of late and have qualified for the last four thanks to a 3-9 to 1-12 win over Kildare. Galway on the other hand beat neighbours Mayo to set up the last four clash with the Ulster champions.

In the other semi final Kerry will play Dublin. Throw in at Longford is 3-15pm and the game is live on TG4.

TG4 SEMI FINALS WEEKEND

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This weekend sees the TG4 Junior and Intermediate semi finals take centre stage with four Ulster teams in action. Derry and Antrim are on opposite ends of the draw so an All Ulster final is possible. Down and Fermanagh have drawn each other so at least one Ulster team is guaranteed an All Ireland final place.
SUNDAY 12th July
TG4 JUNIOR SEMI FINALS
Antrim v Sligo – 2pm Clones
Carlow v Derry – 2pm Breffni Park
TG4 INTERMEDIATE SEMI FINAL
Down v Fermanagh – 4pm Clones

DONEGAL IN ALL IRELAND FINAL

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U20 ALL IRELAND FINAL
Good luck to Donegal who meet Galway in the inaugural U20 All Ireland final on Saturday.
Throw in at Tubbercurry is 1pm.

ZuCar U18 Semi Finals

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ZuCar U18 Semi finals
Our 3 Ulster winners are in All Ireland semi final action this week.
Wednesday C semi final
Armagh v Leitrim – 7-30pm Lisnaskea 
Thursday A semi final
Down v Roscommon – 7-30pm Breffni Park
Thursday B semi final
Tyrone v Sligo – 7-30pm Fr. Tierney Park

TG4 SENIOR ACTION

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On Saturday 3 counties are in TG4 Senior action with lots at stake.

First up Armagh meet Kildare at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds in the first of the weekend senior quarter finals. Throw in for this game is 1-45pm. Gregory Mc Gonigle’s charges have been in fine form and a win here would see them reach the last four.

Donegal and Tyrone are both in relegation qualifiers. Donegal meet Waterford at Padraig Pearses GAA at 2pm while Tyrone travel to St. Loman’s for a 3-30 start against Tipperary.

Fermanagh and Down to meet in TG4 Semi

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TG4 All-Ireland Championships round-up

By John Fallon

Fermanagh will meet Down and Roscommon will take on neighbours Westmeath in the semi-finals of this year’s TG4 All-Ireland intermediate championship.

Down needed extra-time to see off another Ulster side Monaghan by 0-18 to 2-7 with Eimear Fitzpatrick shooting 0-9 against a Monaghan side for whom Cora Courtney and Aoibhin McCormack got goals in the first half.

Two goals in 30 seconds from Joanne Doonan and Eimear Smyth put Fermanagh into the driving seat to lead 2-6 to 0-5 at the break against Clare, with Smyth’s second goal helping to send them on their way to an impressive 3-12 to 1-8 win, with Eabha O’Driscoll getting the goal for Clare.

Opening half goals from Caoimhe Lennon and Laura Fleming helped Roscommon lead by 2-3 to 0-6 against neighbours Leitrim but they had to withstand a strong rally from the home side in Carrick-on-Shannon. Shaylyn Ward and Muireann Devanney got goals for Leitrim but Roscommon held on for a 2-12 to 2-8 win.

They will meet another neighbouring county in the last four with Westmeath defeating Wexford by 3-12 to 3-7. Goals from Amy Wilson and Aoife Fortune helped Wexford lead by 2-5 to 1-7 at the interval, with Katie Kilmurray finding the net for Westmeath. Anna Jones and Aoife Keegan got goals in second half as Westmeath pushed on for victory despite a late Anna Hughes goal for Wexford

Cavan and Louth both preserved their intermediate grade status. Aishling Sheridan and Sinead Greene got goals as Cavan defeated Laois by 2-12 to 1-6.

Louth, TG4 All-Ireland junior winners last year, will also remain in intermediate next year after Aoife Russell and Sophie Everitt got the goals and Laura Lynch hit 0-9 as they defeated Wicklow by 2-15 to 0-6.

Laois will now meet Wicklow in the relegation final with the losers of that tie dropping to junior in 2027.

Meanwhile, Antrim will take on Sligo and Carlow will meet Derry in the semi-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland junior championship.

Sligo defeated Limerick by 1-11 to 2-7 in a straight shootout to see who finished second to Carlow in Group B.

Three counties — Antrim, Derry and Offaly — finished on nine points in Group A so points difference decided the outcome. Antrim’s huge win over Kilkenny secured top spot, but while Derry suffered their first defeat when going down by 1-11 to 2-5 to Offaly, they advance by virtue of a superior score difference.

 

TG4 Intermediate Semi Finals

Fermanagh v Down

Roscommon v Westmeath

 

TG4 Intermediate Relegation Final

Laois v Wicklow

 

 

RESULTS

TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Quarter Finals

Fermanagh 3-12, Clare 1-8

Westmeath 3-12, Wexford 3-7

Down 0-18, Monaghan 2-7 (aet)

Roscommon 2-12, Leitrim 2-8

 

TG4 All Ireland Intermediate Championship Relegation Play Offs

Cavan 2-12, Laois 1-6

Louth 2-15, Wicklow 0-6

 

TG4 All Ireland Junior Championship Group A

Antrim 12-31, Kilkenny 0-0

Offaly 1-11, Derry 2-5

 

TG4 All Ireland Junior Championship Group B

Sligo 1-11, Limerick 2-7

 

U20 All Ireland Championship Round 5

Meath 1-8, Dublin 1-8

Cork 6-7, Mayo 3-10

 

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