Peil na mBan 2010

[TYRONE HACK]

Reality my friend appears to be hard to accept, and you know I could do a better job, for a start I wouldn't alienate half the players in the county, twist with the county board or carry a squad consistin of twelve decent players and twelve club players, But you know there are better people out there, Martina Dillon, Noel McGinn, Sean O Kane all Ireland winner, Padraig Trainor, Gerard McQuaid etc etc

[TYRONE HACK]

And by the way no daughters just three sons that enjoy their club football week in week out and have no aspirations of playing any county football men or womens

[drici]

  Limerick claim Junior Crown   

Limerick 4-10 Louth 3-08



Limerick came from six points down at half-time to claim the All Ireland Junior Football Championship crown against Louth at Croke Park on Sunday.
The Shannonsiders, beaten finalists against Antrim last year, came storming back in the second half, having trailed by 1-4 to 3-4 at the break.

Tommy Stack's charges completed a remarkable turnaround in the second half, outscoring Louth by 3-6 to 0-4 as the West County Hotel Cup was secured in emphatic style.

This success marks a very first All-Ireland Ladies football crown for Limerick in the adult ranks and they will now make the step up to the intermediate grade in 2011.

Ultimately, it was the scoring prowess of Marie-Claire Curtin and Dymphna O'Brien that settled an exciting Croke Park decider, as the lethal pair hit 3-10 between them.

Curtin finished up with 2-5, including 1-4 in the second half, while sensational full-forward O'Brien took her championship tally to 13-39 with a 1-5 haul.

Clodagh Reidy completed the scoring for Limerick, beaten Bord Gáis Energy NFL Division 4 finalists this year, and it was the wing-forward's stunning goal four minutes into the second half which sparked a spirited revival.

Having cruised into the final with four comfortable victories, Limerick received their stiffest test of the entire season as Louth, who had come through arguably the tougher side of the draw, produced their best performance of the year.

2-1 from full-forward Anne-Marie Murphy helped to establish that six-point lead for the Leinster outfit while influential centre forward Kate Flood scored the other first half goal.

The sides were level at 0-2 apiece with 17 minutes on the watch before the game exploded into life when Murphy bagged two Louth goals in as many minutes.

Wing forwards Susan Byrne and Sandra Lynch combined to place Murphy for her first goal to hand Louth a 1-2 to 0-2 lead.

And within a minute, Murphy was fouled by experienced Limerick full-back Sandra Healy, who later went off injured, before picking herself up to convert the resultant 19th minute penalty.

Limerick badly needed a kick-start and they got it in fortuitous fashion in the 20th minute of a goal-filled spell as Curtin's free from 30m drifted into the net over the head of Louth goalkeeper Caoimhe Breen at the Canal End.

Reidy went close to a second Limerick goal two minutes before half-time when her shot drifted just wide before Louth struck again at the perfect time, just seconds before the half-time hooter, for a third goal.

Lynch was involved again as her free was superbly fisted home by Flood to give Louth valuable breathing space at the midway point.

The second half was a different story, however, as Limerick piled on the pressure and Louth lost two players - corner back Aine McGee and wing forward Byrne - to yellow cards.

Limerick hit Louth with an unanswered 1-2 after half-time, the goal brilliantly smashed into the top corner at the Hill 16 end by Reidy in the 34th minute, before experienced midfielder Orlaith Kirk hit Louth's opening point of the second half.

Back came Limerick with a 40th minute goal to take the lead for the first time in the match as O'Brien's shot came off the crossbar and Curtin picked up the pieces from close range.

Now 3-6 to 3-5 clear, Limerick had a lead they would not relinquish and O'Brien put the icing on the cake six minutes from time when she slotted the ball into an empty net after Breen had tipped Reidy's shot onto the post.

Scorers for Limerick: M.C. Curtin 2-5 (1-3f), D O'Brien 1-5 (0-2f), C Reidy (1-0).

Limerick - C Murphy; M O'Brien, S Healy, A Neary; E McGuire, Y Moynihan, P Donnelly; E Enright, S Larkin; J Garvey, M Flanagan, C Reidy; J O'Gorman, D O'Brien, M.C. Curtin. Subs: L Higgins for Healy (inj, 22), L Higgins for Garvey (39), O Giltenane for Moynihan (inj, 46).

Scorers for Louth: A.M. Murphy 2-1 (1-0 pen), K Flood 1-2, O Kirk 0-2, S Byrne, M Reid (f) & C Page 0-1 each.

Louth - C Breen; A McGee, S Quinn, G Lynch; P Marmion, A.M. Lynch, S McDonald; O Kirk, R Heaney; S Byrne, K Flood, S Lynch; M Reid, A.M. Murphy, C Page. Subs: G Rogers for McDonald (36), G Mackin for Reid (41), L O'Neill for Marmion (41).

Referee: J Niland (Sligo)

[drici]

Donegal clinch League and Championship double   


Donegal 2-12 Waterford 0-16


Lethal full-forward Yvonne McMonagle bagged 2-5 from play as Donegal claimed the All Ireland Intermediate Football Championship title at Croke Park on Sunday.

The north-westerners captured the Mary Quinn memorial cup with a hard-fought two-point victory against Munster champions Waterford, who were appearing in their very first All-Ireland since the senior decider in 2000.

Ulster champions Donegal will make the step up to the senior championship in 2011 and what a season it has been for Michael Naughton's team, who added the All-Ireland crown to the Bord Gáis Energy National League Division 2 title.

Donegal repelled a spirited fightback from Waterford and came again with a strong surge midway through the second half to clinch the silverware.

Donegal led by two points at half-time, 1-7 to 0-8, and stretched that lead to five less than two minutes after the restart when McMonagle rattled home the second of her two brilliant goals.

McMonagle's first, in the 22nd minute of the first half, was brilliantly finished at the Hill 16 end with her left foot and she cracked home her second with her right boot.

The Glenfin star's ability to kick off both feet makes her so difficult to mark and this was an attacking display right out of the top drawer as all five of her points from play were textbook efforts.

One first half point from tight on the endline was worth the admission fee alone and McMonagle would go on to torment the Waterford defence in a roving commission.

Overall, 2003 All-Ireland junior champions Donegal created the better goal chances, five alone in the first half.

Eilish Ward was denied by Waterford goalkeeper Aimée Jordan in the 14th minute, Niamh Hegarty shot wide soon after before McMonagle finally broke through the Déise resistance, after Hegarty had hit the post seconds earlier.

Hegarty went close again four minutes before half-time, after Geraldine McLaughlin had a goal ruled out.

An overworked Waterford defence had suffered an early blow when Gráinne Enright was sin-binned in the sixth minute but the damage was minor.

0-3 to 0-1 clear when Enright picked up her yellow card, the scores were tied at 0-4 apiece when she returned.

The star turn all through this game was McMonagle, who also starred when Donegal won the Division 2 final against Kildare earlier this year.

She bombed through for a sensational goal early in the second half but despite going five points down, Waterford refused to wilt.

And a run of five unanswered points, with top-scorer Michelle Ryan on song from frees, hauled Waterford level at 0-13 to 2-7 by the 44th minute.

Donegal had gone 13 minutes on the clock without a score before McLaughlin popped over a 45th minute point from play before McMonagle, one with her left and then with her right, slotted over two points from play.

2-10 to 0-13 clear, Donegal had breathing space again having weathered the Waterford storm and while Jason Lynch's team twice got back to within a single point, the Ulster standard bearers held on to clinch a memorable league and championship double.

Scorers for Donegal: Y McMonagle 2-5, G McLaughlin 0-5 (3f), A McDonnell & G Houston 0-1 each.

Donegal - R McClafferty; D Toner, D Foley, K Wilson; C Hegarty, M Herron, T McCafferty; A McDonnell, K Guthrie; G Houston, N Hegarty, K Feeney; E Ward, Y McMonagle, G McLaughlin. Subs: N Stapleton for Foley (40), K Keeney for Houston (49), R Friel for Feeney (52).

Scorers for Waterford: M Ryan 0-8f, L Wall & S Ryan 0-2 each, G Enright, M McGrath, E Power & A Wall 0-1 each.

Waterford - A Jordan; N Dunphy G Enright, L Hogan; L Ryan, M Foley, M Wall; M McGrath, E Power; G Kenneally, M Ryan, L Wall; M Delahunty, S Ryan, A Wall. Subs: N Briggs for Delahunty (39), A Dunphy for M Wall (44).

Referee: D McEnery (Westmeath).

[drici]

  Dublin cruise to All-Ireland Glory   



Dublin 3-16  Tyrone 0-09

Sinead Aherne shot the lights out at Croke Park as Dublin finally captured the All Ireland Senior Football Championship after three previous final defeats.

The Sky Blues ran out comprehensive 16-point winners against first-time finalists Tyrone in front of 21,750 spectators at GAA HQ on Sunday.

The Jackies lost against Cork in last year's decider and also finished runners-up against Galway in 2004 and Mayo in 2003.

But it was clear from the moment that Aherne opened the scoring with 37 seconds on the watch that there would be no denying Dublin on this occasion .

Manager Gerry McGill and his players were left devastated last September when Cork won a final that Dublin had dominated until the closing stages.

The pain was even more acute for Aherne, who missed a first half penalty, but the St Sylvester's Allstar produced a stunning performance against Tyrone to banish any lingering memories from the 2009 decider.

The full-forward was simply sensational and finished with a personal tally of 2-7 to claim the player of the match award, a haul that included 2-4 from play.

Aherne's movement was too much for her direct marker Maura Kelly, a fine defender in her own right, to cope with but overall, this was a superb Dublin performance.

From goalkeeper Cliodhna O'Connor, who was spot-on with her pinpoint kickouts, through to left corner forward Elaine Kelly, Dublin dominated proceedings and had this game wrapped up by half-time.

At the break, the Leinster champions, relegated from Division 1 of the Bord Gáis Energy National League earlier this year, led by 2-8 to 0-5 and the Brendan Martin Cup was theirs to lose.

There was no letting up in the second half as Dublin continued to display an incredible work-rate and appetite for the game that Tyrone could not match.

Their full-back line was rock solid and at midfield, captain Denise Masterson led by example with a display of boundless energy in both halves of the field.

In attack, five of Dublin's six starting forwards were on target from play and while Mary Nevin may not have got on the scoresheet, the experienced Na Fianna star put in one hell of a shift.

One of the survivors from the 2003, 2004 and 2009 defeats, Nevin was called ashore with eight minutes to go and the look of joy on her face as she embraced manager McGill was one of the images of the season.

Tyrone, meanwhile, had emerged as one of the stories of the season after bouncing back from their Ulster championship defeat to Armagh to make it all the way to Croke Park.

Along the way, the Red Hands hit a combined 11-42 against Leitrim and Sligo before accounting for Cork, who had won the last five All-Ireland titles, in a remarkable quarter-final.

Tyrone then shook off Kerry after a replay but just when they needed it most, their form deserted them as stage-fright appeared to play a part in a below-par performance.

Midway through the first half, Tyrone were still in contention, trailing by 0-3 to 0-6, but Dublin then began to press home their superiority.

Their first goal arrived in the 16th minute, courtesy of hard-working centre forward, who would not be denied after Kelly had kept out her initial effort with a fine block.

On the follow-up, Lyndsey Davey rattled a shot off the crossbar before McGuinness followed up to bulge the Tyrone net.

By then, Tyrone had lost full-forward Sarah Connolly to a broken finger in the tenth minute and overall, it was a day when very little went right for the beaten finalists.

Cruising towards a comfortable half-time lead, Dublin made it a matchwinning one when Aherne scored a superb goal in the 27th minute.

Sorcha Furlong's perceptive crossfield pass left Aherne one on one with Kelly and after selling the full-back a dummy, Aherne slipped a shot beneath Shannon Lynch and into the net.

Within eight minutes of the restart, Dublin were 14 points clear as Aherne took a pass from Elaine Kelly and slotted home her second goal.

With 20 minutes remaining, Dublin led by 16 points against shellshocked Tyrone and that's the margin that would separate the two teams at the finish.

It could have been even more but with two minutes remaining, Tyrone netminder Lynch pulled off a fine save to deny Peat a fourth Dublin goal.

Scorers for Dublin: S Aherne 2-7 (0-3f), A McGuinness 1-3 (0-1f), L Davey & E Kelly 0-2 each, G Fay & L Peat 0-1 each.

Dublin - C O'Connor; R Ruddy, A Cluxton, M Kavanagh; S McGrath, S Furlong, G Fay; D Masterson, Niamh McEvoy (Parnells); M Nevin, A McGuinness, L Peat; L Davey, S Aherne, E Kelly. Subs: B Finlay for Kelly (46), N Hyland for Nevin (52), N Healy for McGuinness (56), Niamh McEvoy (St Sylvester's) for Niamh McEvoy (57), C Barrett for Fay (57).

Scorers for Tyrone: G Begley 0-4 (2f), J Donnelly 0-3 (1f), C Donnelly & N Murphy 0-1 each.

Tyrone - S Lynch; E Teague, M Kelly, S McLaughlin; M Donnelly, N Woods, L Donnelly; S Donnelly, S Quinn; C Donnelly, G Begley, A O'Kane; C McGahan, S Connolly, J Donnelly. Subs: N Murphy for Connolly (inj, 14), R Rafferty for Teague (h/t), O O'Neill for McGahan (44), M Gallagher for M Donnelly (44), C Scullion for O'Kane (56).

Referee: K Delahunty (Tipperary).

[supersarsfields]

Reality my friend appears to be hard to accept, and you know I could do a better job, for a start I wouldn't alienate half the players in the county, twist with the county board or carry a squad consistin of twelve decent players and twelve club players, But you know there are better people out there, Martina Dillon, Noel McGinn, Sean O Kane all Ireland winner, Padraig Trainor, Gerard McQuaid etc etc

Why don'y you put yourself forward for it then, rather than crying about who is there. Why not try to improve things than just complaining about it.

I'm sure the two managers didn't appoint themselves, they got their shot at it and from what I've seen have done a hell of a good job. 

Do you want to expand on how they alienated half the county?

[TYRONE HACK]

You know what I will, watch this space, they had a wee happy band of players but failed to add to the squad, they should have been at games and looked at new players to bolster things up when they lost players!!  is that not a fair comment, your preparation just cant be achieved with a limited squad, any coach will tell you that. at least one player in the squad was injured for most of the year and finally the only reason they stayed in the post at the start of this year was that some members of the county board drove it through when they too were going through turmoil, no-one else had a chance, the facts are there, if you attended county meetings as I do you would understand

[supersarsfields]

Funny you never voiced any of these concerns before the final?

As you say yourself they had a happy band of players. So seems like the management kept the squad united. It's not easy to bring outside players into a squad that's already been fomed, not least because it'll be a big step up from club level.
If you'd been told at the start of the year that the ladies would have been contesting the AI you would have happily taken it. And the current management got them there.

It sounds to me that you should be taking a bigger issue with the CB than the management if it was all forced through (I find this hard to believe to be fair). From what I can see the Management haven't done much wrong.

[TYRONE HACK]

I raised the points a long time ago , and to be fair whether you want to believe it or not theres county players of a better standard in Tyrone playing club football several of whom who have played at the highest level for the county , if there was a chance of winning an all Ireland you do what you have too, 2008, Stevie O'Neill back in the Tyrone fold etc, I am talking about players here who have experience of playing at the top level at county and uni level,
Sadly there are players in Tyrone who wont play for the current management, thats there own personal gripe but there are others that if they had been asked would have jumped at the chance and that includes some of the old hands that can still do a job

[supersarsfields]

You didn't raise any of them on here. Which is what I'm talking about.

You still haven't explained why some girls won't play for the management, so I'll take that with a pinch of salt.
There'll always be arguments about some people who aren't on the panel that some people will think are good enough to be there. That happens every management set up. It's down to the management to prove that they're decision was correct. And by taking the ladies to the final, a step further than any other manager in the ladies has every done, I think I'll give the two boys the benefit of the doubt that they made the correct decisions in the main part.

[ziggysego]

Hack, I'm for one am proud of the ladies this year. They gave it their all, but fell short on the big day. As the old saying goes, you have to lose and All-Ireland to win one. It will be a great learning curve for them and I've no doubt they'll be back next year.

And by the way no daughters just three sons that enjoy their club football week in week out and have no aspirations of playing any county football men or womens

I'd be surprised if any of your sons had aspirations to play county football for the ladies.

[goal and a point]

I raised the points a long time ago , and to be fair whether you want to believe it or not theres county players of a better standard in Tyrone playing club football several of whom who have played at the highest level for the county , if there was a chance of winning an all Ireland you do what you have too, 2008, Stevie O'Neill back in the Tyrone fold etc, I am talking about players here who have experience of playing at the top level at county and uni level,
Sadly there are players in Tyrone who wont play for the current management, thats there own personal gripe but there are others that if they had been asked would have jumped at the chance and that includes some of the old hands that can still do a job

Tyrone hack please name these players that they over looked as do not see too many games myself but from talking to people have not heard anyone say "imagine she was on the panel etc"

I assume that with the whole pay to play scenerio these 2 men were hardly getting paid.

[drici]

Tyrone Receive 8 All Star Nominations

Beaten All Ireland Finalists Tyrone have received 8 nominations for this years All Star team. Ulster champions Monaghan recieved two nominations while  All Ireland intermediate champions Donegal have been rewarded with 3 players nominated.



Dublin topped the list with nine. The All Stars will be announced at a banquet on Saturday, November 13.

The full list is as follows:

Goalkeeper:         

Cliodhna O'Connor (Dublin), Edel Murphy (Kerry), Shannon Lynch (Tyrone)

Full Back Line:

Rachel Ruddy (Dublin), Rena Buckley (Cork), Sharon Courtney (Monaghan), Lorraine Muckian (Laois), Maura Kelly (Tyrone), Aishling Leonard (Kerry), Sinead McLoughlin (Tyrone), Aishling Quigley (Laois), Laurissa Hogan (Waterford)

Half Back Line:

Siobhan McGrath (Dublin), Ciara Hegarty (Donegal), Geraldine O'Flynn (Cork), Emer Flaherty (Galway), Bríd Stack (Cork), Neamh Woods (Tyrone), Gemma Fay (Dublin), Patricia Fogarty (Laois), Aishling Holton (Kildare)

Midfield:

Denise Masterson (Dublin), Shannon Quinn (Tyrone), Juliette Murphy (Cork), Bernie Byrne (Kerry), Tracy Lawlor (Laois), Louise Henchy (Clare)

Half Forwards:

Cathy Donnelly (Tyrone), Noirin Kirwan (Laois), Nollaig Cleary (Cork), Mary Nevin (Dublin), Amy McGuinness (Dublin), Niamh Keane (Clare), Gemma Begley (Tyrone), Michelle Ryan (Waterford), Therese McNally (Monaghan)

Full Forwards:

Geraldine McLaughlin (Donegal), Valerie Mulcahy (Cork), Neamh O'Dea (Clare), Sinead Aherne (Dublin),   Yvonne McMonagle (Donegal), Louise Ní Muirceartaigh (Kerry), Dympna O'Brien (Limerick), Elaine Kelly (Dublin),  Jolene Donnelly(Tyrone)

[Milltown Row2]

Our ladies play in the interm. semi final today. play the Derry champions. Game is at the Loup at two

[drici]

Not All Doom and Gloom for Tyrone

Tyrone may have lost the recent All Ireland Final but there is no denying that in the scoring stakes the girls from the red left hand County have been brilliant this year. Five players from Tyrone have made the top 10 in the Golden Boot competition with Gemma Begley winning and Cathy Donnelly coming second.
In the Intermediate competition four players from Ulster namely Yvonne Mc Monagle (2nd), Geraldine Mc Laughlin (5th), Aisling Doonan (6th) and Bronagh Sheridan (8th) made the top 10.
Derrys Michelle Mc Ateer was 3rd in the Junior competition whilst her County collegues Kayleigh Fleming and Aine Mc Cusker also finished in the top 10. Below are the top 10 rankings for the Senior competition.

Gemma Begley Tyrone 4-31 43

Cathy Donnelly Tyrone 4-24 36

Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh Kerry 0-33 33

Sinead Aherne Dublin 4-19 31

Joline Donnelly Tyrone 1-26 29

Sarah Connolly Tyrone 5-7 22

Ashling OKane Tyrone 4-10 22

Valerie Mulcahy Cork 4-10 22

Niamh O'Dea Clare 2-16 22

Una Carroll Galway 2-16 22