Electric Ireland Leinster minor football semi-finals
Offaly 4-9 Kildare 1-16
Dublin 1-8 Louth 2-17
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LOUTH AND OFFALY will contest this year’s Leinster minor football final after their semi-final successes tonight.
Louth’s brilliant football period at different levels continued with their 12-point success over Dublin at Naul, running out 2-17 to 1-8 victors.
At the interval, Louth were ahead 1-8 to 1-7 and pushed on in the second half to reach the decider. Louth last won the provincial minor championship in 1953 and have only contested one final in the 54 years, that was in 2017.
Jack Martin and Tom Maguire raised the green flags for Louth, while Connell Kelly starred as he struck 0-11, including a trio of two-pointers.
There is guaranteed to be a breakthrough winner this season with Offaly having last triumphed in 1989.
Offaly trailed 1-10 to 2-4 against Kildare in Tullamore, before winning by two points in a closely-contested clash. Cian McNamee’s two goals set Offaly on their way in the opening half but Pauric Carty’s goal left Kildare in front by three.
Rúairí Woods hit Offaly’s third goal before Cian Duffy added their fourth to tie the teams, and a Jack Ryan two-pointer enabled Offaly to advance.
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Louth hit 2-17 in win over Dublin to set up Leinster final against Offaly
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Electric Ireland Leinster minor football semi-finals
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LOUTH AND OFFALY will contest this year’s Leinster minor football final after their semi-final successes tonight.
Louth’s brilliant football period at different levels continued with their 12-point success over Dublin at Naul, running out 2-17 to 1-8 victors.
At the interval, Louth were ahead 1-8 to 1-7 and pushed on in the second half to reach the decider. Louth last won the provincial minor championship in 1953 and have only contested one final in the 54 years, that was in 2017.
Jack Martin and Tom Maguire raised the green flags for Louth, while Connell Kelly starred as he struck 0-11, including a trio of two-pointers.
There is guaranteed to be a breakthrough winner this season with Offaly having last triumphed in 1989.
Offaly trailed 1-10 to 2-4 against Kildare in Tullamore, before winning by two points in a closely-contested clash. Cian McNamee’s two goals set Offaly on their way in the opening half but Pauric Carty’s goal left Kildare in front by three.
Rúairí Woods hit Offaly’s third goal before Cian Duffy added their fourth to tie the teams, and a Jack Ryan two-pointer enabled Offaly to advance.
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