Éire Óg celebrate winning the U15A football championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
ÉIRE ÓG completed a championship and Féile double claiming the U15A championship at the expense of neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield.
Éire Óg 3-10
St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-09
Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis
Danny Lyne’s superb tally of 1-6 allied to a brace of second half goals through Michael Cleary were sufficient for Éire Óg to keep neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield at arm’s length by 3-10 to 1-9 in the showpiece final.
The almost innate understanding between Luke Vaughan and Danny Lyne impressively combined for the Ennis side’s entire first half total of 1-6, with St Joseph’s goalkeeper Brian Corkery producing a string of top class saves to keep the leaders at bay.
Trailing by only four points by the break (1-6 to 0-5) with the wind to come, the Parish, led by Colm Daly, Shane Dilleen, James Rafferty, Leon Talty and Graham Ball, would see any backlash plans quashed on the restart when Cleary raided for a rebound goal in the 32nd minute,
A shellshocked Doora/Barefield never recovered, taking until the final ten minutes to rally once more, by which time their neighbours were out of sight thanks to a second goal for Cleary at 3-10 to 0-7.
Ball did tee up Daly for a consolation goal nearing the hour mark but by then Éire Óg were already planning ahead for their National Féile Peil na nÓg Division 3 assault in the Connacht GAA Centre in Mayo on Saturday.
Scorers for Éire Óg: Danny Lyne (1-6, 5f); Michael Cleary (2-0); Luke Vaughan, Dylan Tierney (2f) (0-2 each)
Scorers for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield: Colm Daly (1-3, 2f, 1’45); Graham Ball (0-3); TJ Moore, Leon Talty, Conor Price (0-1 each)
Éire Óg
1: Cian O’Connor
2: Dylan Nugent
3: Aidan O’Connell
4: Cormac Mann
5: Jack O’Halloran
6: Niall Doyle
7: Tadhg Conway
8: Kieran Doyle
9: Odhran O’Farrell
12: Dylan Tierney
11: Danny Lyne
10: Luke Vaughan
13: Conor Guerin
14: Oran Considine
15: Michael Cleary
Subs
20: Ryan O’Mahony for Guerin (HT)
18: Aaron Mounsey for O’Halloran (HT)
17: Sean Azkorbebeitia for Mann (47)
21: Paddy O’Reilly for Cleary (50)
19: Evan Linnane for Conway (54)
16: Andrew Carmody for O’Connor (55)
22: David Keating for Considine (55)
24: Lewis O’Dwyer for Lyne (57)
26: Daithi Murch for Vaughan (57)
25: Kalum Daniels for Tierney (59)
30: Luke Howard for K. Doyle (60)
27: Conor Browne for O’Farrell (62)
23: Brian Lynch for Nugent (63)
St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield
1: Brian Corkery
2: Leo Boyle
3: Darragh Fahy
4: Liam McAllister
5: Cillian Thornton
6: James Rafferty
7: Sean McMahon
8: Cian Breslin
9: TJ Moore
10: Adam Tariq
11: Colm Daly
12: Shane Dilleen
15: Sean O’Callaghan
14: Leon Talty
13: Graham Ball
Subs
17: Conor Price for O’Callaghan (38)
22: Martin Daly for Boyle (57)
18: Alex Dunne for Tariq (57)
19: Leon Guerin for Talty (59)
24: Kyle Lillis for McAllister (61)
25: James McMahon for Dilleen (61)
21: Oisin O’Sullivan for Thornton (64)
20: Finbarr Corry (64)
Referee: Niall Quinn (St Joseph’s Miltown)
