St Patrick’s GFC celebrate their league triumph yesterday
St Patrick’s GFC complete the league and championship double after seeing off the Dreadnots on a 1-10 to 1-6 scoreline at Clan na Gael Park yesterday to clinch the Cardinal O’Donnell Cup.
In what was a repeat of the county final, this result was a lot more comfortable than the scoreline suggests as the Lordship men had led by eight points at the break.
An early Paddy Keenan point was cancelled out by Anthony Williams but that proved to be the Dreadnots’ only score of the half as Pat’s pulled clear with a succession of scores, including a goal and two points from Danny O’Connor, that left it 1-6 to 0-1 at the break.
A Liam Shevlin goal in the 41st minute gave the Clogherhead men some hope but they never looked likely to turn the game around as the Pat’s clinched a victory that was dedicated to former team-mate Eamon Carroll, who died shortly after their County Final success at the end of September.
St Patrick’s: Barry Corcoran; Kevin Toner, Darren O’Hanlon, Patrick Kirk; Eoghan Lafferty, Dessie Finnegan, Owen Zamboglou; Paddy Keenan 0-1, Colin 0-2, Goss; Aidan McCann 0-1, Karl White 0-3, Evan White 0-1; Danny O’Connor 1-3, Eoin O’Connor 0-1, Ray Finnegan. Sub: Ross Murphy for P Kirk.
Dreadnots: Ciaran Cunningham; Ryan Gargan, Padraig Rath, Brian Gargan; Derek Shevlin, Cian McEvoy, Barry Faulkner; Anthony Williams 0-1, James Califf 0-2; Pat Lynch, Pepe Smith 0-2, Liam Shevlin 1-0; Ronan Fitzpatrick, Peter Kirwan 0-1, Conor Campbell. Subs: David O’Brien for Conor Campbell, Cathal Lynch for J Califf.
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