Club Results
Connacht IFC final
- St Faithleach’s (Roscommon) 2-14 Naomh Anna Leitir Mór (Galway) 2-12 – (after extra-time)
Munster JFC final
- Gneeveguilla (Kerry) 2-10 Ballina (Tipperary)
Leinster JFC final
- Clonbullogue (Offaly) 5-3 Kilcullen (Kildare) 1-10
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ROSCOMMON’S ST FAITHLEACH’S, Kerry’s Gneeveguilla and Offaly’s Clonbullogue are all celebrating provincial football title wins after today’s action around the country.
In Connacht, there was a dramatic extra-time success for St Faithleach’s over Galway’s Naomh Anna Leitir Móir by 2-14 to 2-12 in the intermediate football final.
A late injury-time goal at the end of extra-time by defender Mikey Cox handed St Faithleach’s success, moments after Naomh Anna looked to have struck the winning point.
🏆 Congratulations to @FaithleachsGAA, Connacht Intermediate Club Football Champions after defeating @NaomhAnna 2-14 to 2-12 AET in a thriller in Pearse Stadium! #ConnachtGAA pic.twitter.com/M9uRqBkfFR
— Connacht GAA (@ConnachtGAA) January 15, 2022
Roscommon star Diarmuid Murtagh scored 1-6 for the winners, while David Rooney, Conal Kennelly and Ciaran Murtagh all scored important points. St Faithleach’s made a terrific start as they went ahead 1-5 to 0-1 by the 12th minute but were only ahead by a narrow margin, 1-8 to 1-7, at the break, as Maitias Eoin Bairéad netted for Naomh Anna.
A goal from Warren Seoige helped Naomh Anna push ahead in the second half but St Faithleach’s kicked the last four points of the game, including a leveller from Diarmuid Murtagh to force extra-time.
The additional period was keenly contested, two Murtagh points leaving the Roscommon side in front 1-14 to 2-10 at the midway mark, but Naomh Anna moved ahead and Myles Seoige looked to have scored the winner until Cox netted in dramatic fashion at the end. St Faithleach’s will now face the winners of tomorrow’s Leinster final between Meath’s Trim and Offaly’s Clara.
There was yet another Kerry winner of the Munster junior football championship, as Gneeveguilla cruised past Tipperary’s Ballina by 4-18 to 1-6 in this afternoon’s final in Mallow. It’s the second provincial title for the East Kerry club after they tasted Munster honours in the intermediate grade in 2010.
Gneeveguilla were in front 2-9 to 1-4 at half-time, goals from Shane O’Sullivan and John O’Leary sandwiching a penalty that was struck to the net for Ballina by Tipperary senior star Steven O’Brien.
The gap had been increased to 11 points by the second-half water break before O’Sullivan and Con Buckley fired home further goals in the last quarter. O’Sullivan hit 2-2 overall, Buckley struck 1-7 and O’Leary contributed 1-4 for a Gneeveguilla team who now meet Denn from Cavan or English champions St Brendan’s in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Munster champions pic.twitter.com/UDbE076Eu5
— Gneeveguilla GAA (@Gneeveguillagaa) January 15, 2022
The Leinster junior football crown was lifted by Offaly’s Clonbullogue as they bagged five goals to defeat Kildare’s Kilcullen by 5-3 to 1-10 at St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge.
The winners made an explosive start with Ruairi and Keith O’Neill, and Sean Foran finding the net as they went ahead 3-0 to 1-4 at half-time, Jake Murphy scoring Kilcullen’s goal.
In the second half Kilcullen poured forward and cut the gap to a single point with seven minutes left, 3-3 to 1-8, but Clonbullogue’s goalscoring touch surfaced again with Joe Foran and Jamie Guing raising the green flags that clinched the silverware and propelled them into an All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo’s Kilmeena.
Champions!
— Official Offaly GAA (@Offaly_GAA) January 15, 2022
Eddie Bennett of @ClonbullogueG accepts the Leinster Club Junior Football Championship Cup from Pat Teehan, Chairperson of Leinster Council.
Clonbullogue defeated Kilcullen by 5-3 to 1-10 in Newbridge today pic.twitter.com/pV9oOf2hpo
In today’s schools football action, there were wins in Munster in the Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-finals (Senior A football) for Kerry powerhouses Tralee CBS and St Brendan’s Killarney, and the West Cork pair Hamilton HS Bandon and Skibbereen CS.
Naas CBS booked a spot in the Leinster senior semi-finals while St Pat’s Maghera reached the semi-finals in the MacRory Cup in Ulster.
Munster Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-finals
- Tralee CBS 4-13 Clonalkilty CC 1-7
- Hamilton HS Bandon 3-5 Mercy Mounthawk College Tralee 1-10
- St Brendan’s Killarney 2-8 Coláiste Na Sceilge 2-7
- Skibbereen CS 1-14 SP Rathmore 0-14
Leinster SAFC quarter-final
- Naas CBS 3-13 Marist College 3-10
Ulster MacRory Cup quarter-final
- St Patrick’s Maghera 0-17 St Patrick’s Cavan 1-12
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