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Naomh Conaill out of Championship





St Mary's Burren (Down) 1-12

Naomh Conaill (Donegal) 1-09


Naomh Conaill's participation in the Ulster U21 Club Football Championship came to an end after a fighting performance yesterday afternoon.

This was always going to be a big ask for the Naomh Conaill team who were fielding without Dara Gallagher who was injured in the first round of this competition and their other main striking threat Dermot Molloy forced to field with a broken bone in his hand among a long list of injuries on Leo McLoone(Snr's) team. However from the throw-in, Leo McLoone who was excused county duty to play, drove forward through the Burren defence and was denied an early goal by a last gasp tackle from the Burren goalkeeper. This early attack seem to spur the Burren men into life and they began to put some great passages of play together. Between the second and 11th minutes the Burren posted four unanswered points before another run by Leo McLoone in the 16th minute drew a free.

This was pointed by Dermot Molloy to get Naomh Conaill on the scoreboard. Naomh Conaill were now starting to put some good moves together but an off-the ball tackle on David Gallagher in the 18th minute resulted in him being replaced by Joseph Kennedy.

A free by Leo McLoone followed by two quick scores from the Burren men in the 21st and 22nd minutes left Naomh Conaill trailing by four points and with a mountain to climb. Naomh Conaill introduced Jamie Molloy to midfield and his strength began to pay dividends.

Stephen Molloy and Cathal Ellis in defence were now controlling their areas and with more possession Naomh Conaill were now on top.

A pointed free from Dermot Molloy on 29 mins brought Naomh Conaill within 3 points of the Down champions.

Then with the clock ticking down for the end of the first half, a long ball from Eoin Waide into the Burren goalmouth was spilled to the net by the Burren keeper under pressure from Seamus Corcoran. Having survived a patchy first half Naomh Conaill must have felt optomistic for the second. However the first score of the second half was posted by the Burren men. This was cancelled almost immediately by another Dermot Molloy point.

With the two teams swopping points again in the 8th and 10th minutes the game was now on a knife-edge and when Dermot Molloy hit a free in the 11th minute of the second half to put the Donegal men in front for the first time things looked good.

However three quick scores between the 13th and 18th minute by the Burren men put them two up. A good score by Seamus Corcoran in the 20th minute brought the Donegal men back within one point but immediately after this the Burren scored what was to be the defining score of this game. With Naomh Conaill pressing forward in search of the equaliser a long ball into space in front of the Naomh Conaill goal found the Burren number 13, Padraig Poland and after slipping his marker he slid the ball into the bottom right hand corner past Stephen McGrath. This put the Burren four points ahead. Naomh Conaill then mounted a concerted attack on the Down goal and quickly tagged on two points in the 25th and 27th minutes through Dermot Molloy and Seamus Corcoran.

But with Naomh Conaill pressing forward a quick counter attack saw the Down men score the games last point. Naomh Conaill were now camped in the Burren half but despite two close efforts the elusive goal needed would not come. Having survived a titanic struggle against Cloughaneeley last weekend and this bruising encounter today Leo McLoone Snr will have his work cut out to get his charges fit for the pending semi-final encounter against Four Masters in the delayed 2009 county championship.

Naomh Conaill: Stephen McGrath, Martin Gallagher, Ciaran Boyle, Stephen Molloy, Jamie Gallagher, Cathal Ellis, Brian Quinn, Leo McLoone(0-1f), Callum Waide, AJ Gallagher, Seamus Corcoran (0-2), Eoin Waide (1-0), David Gallagher, Dermot Molloy (0-6, 4f), Rory Boyle Subs: Jamie Molloy for Callum Waide, J Kennedy for David Gallagher)

St Mary's Burren: Cathal Murdock, Tony Fegan, Pauric O'Rourke, Redmond Hanna, Karl Maxwell, Ryan McGovern, David McEntee(0-2), Alan Higgins(0-1), Anton McArdle, Gavin Sands, Sean Murdock(0-2), Conor Toner, Padraig Poland(1-2), Gerard McCartan(0-1), Donal O'Hare(0-1), Subs: Donal Kane(0-1), Conaill McGovern(0-2)

[The Hammer]

id have to fancy omagh for this now !!

some of them young lads are playing a standard of football that is way beyond their years... Young Grugan is a fine fine player, Steven Mullen is one of the best man markers ive ever seen, For omagh CBS is is outstanding

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[Mid Down Gael]

Half time score

Burren 1-9 Omagh 1-6

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Latest score

Burren 1-13 Omagh 1-8

[tyrone exile]

Any other news from the game?

[Mid Down Gael]

Any other news from the game?

Updates on the following link. http://twitter.com/ronanscott

[Mid Down Gael]

Latest score

Burren 1-13 Omagh 1-10

7 Mins off injury time to be played

[Mid Down Gael]

Latest score

Burren 1-13 Omagh 1-11

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Final score

Burren 1-14 Omagh 1-11

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Omagh forward gets seriously injured? 2 weeks in a row

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Laoch na hImeartha: Eamon Toner Burren

[go4goal]

Omagh forward gets seriously injured? 2 weeks in a row

Any word on who was injured?

Ronan O'Neill apparently according to Paddy Hunter

[The Hammer]

Ronan O'Neill... Knocked out cold by an off the ball elbow straight in front of the ref and linesman

[The Hammer]

Burren were the better team, stronger and a lot older than their omagh counterparts... Didn't like the way they tackled at all, high and wild.. Very negative if that was a tactic they set out to play.. But burren played well and took so fine scores !!! Pat was once again biased against tyrone but it was no excuse for not taking their scores