O’Mahony’s pay tribute to McLaughlin

The O’Mahony’s players, back room team and supporters outside Kehoe’s Bar today

The celebrations of the Sean O’Mahony’s Louth Intermediate Championship success continued today with the club paying tribute to former underage player Ben McLaughlin, who is currently on the books of Premier League outfit Everton.

The former Dundalk FC right back, whose brother Keith played for the O’Mahony’s in their 1-11 to 1-8 victory over St Fechin’s on Sunday, wished the club well in the build-up to Sunday’s final at Clan na Gael Park by posing with team-mates and coach Duncan Ferguson and a green and gold flag.

With the Seamus Flood Cup firmly secured, the O’Mahony’s decided to return the favour by posing with an Everton flag outside Kehoe’s Bar this afternoon. They also undertook a bit of a sing-song, which was published over on their Facebook page.

Ben McLaughlin, centre, with the O’Mahony’s flag along with fellow team-mates and coach Duncan Ferguson (right)

Championship joy for the Sean O’Mahony’s

O’Mahony’s man of the match Conor Finnegan lifts his award as captain Pat O’Brien lifts the Seamus Flood Cup in Clan na Gael Park yesterday.

A strong finish to either half proved decisive as Sean O’Mahony’s held out for a 1-11 to 1-8 victory over St Fechin’s to land the Louth IFC title at Clan na Gael Park in Dundalk yesterday.

The Point Road outfit had been trailing their opponents by a point approaching half-time before a three point surge gave them a 0-7 to 0-4 lead at the break.

They then tagged on a goal and a point on the restart to race into a 1-8 to 0-4 lead with Conor Crawley boxing to the net in the 33rd minute.

The Termonfeckin men fought their way back into it, however, with a late penalty bringing the sides level at 1-8 apiece as Ronan Holcroft began to create all sorts of problems for Brendan Nordon’s side.

However, the O’Mahony’s hit the three closing scores of the game through three Conor Finnegan frees to seal a famous win and a first championship title since 1998. Afterwards captain Pat O’Brien lifted the Seamus Flood Cup and Finnegan picked up the man of the match award.

Afterwards there was celebrations galore in the Quay, with the cup being presented by Fr Michael Cusack at the 6pm Mass at St Gerard’s Novena in the Redemptorist Church that evening.

Sean O’Mahony’s: Kevin Brennan; Pat O’Brien, Mickey Clarke, Ronan Byrne; Keith McLaughlin, John O’Brien, Kurt Murphy; Conor Crawley 1-0, Shane Brennan; Peter Nixon, Liam Dullaghan 0-1, Conor Finnegan 0-6; Stephen Fisher 0-2, Conor Martin, Stephen Kilcoyne 0-2. Subs: David Dowling for C Martin, Brendan Traynor for K Brennan (BC), Conor Martin for C Crawley, Gary Mulligan for D Dowling.

St Fechins: Keith McCarthy; Richie McDonnell, Niall McCabe, Billy Fanning; Sean McConnell, David Collier, Jamie King; Bevan Duffy 0-1, Ryan Sheridan 0-1; Conor Haughney, Colm O’neill, Brian Devlin; Ronan Holcroft 1-5, Harry McCarthy, Niall Devlin 0-1. Subs: Marc Hynes for C Haughney, Paul Matthews for R Sheridan, Danny Burnell for H McCarthy, Eoghan Duffy for J King.

Referee: Stephen Johnston