GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 33 – September 4, 2015 | Page 20

Tir na nOg ran into issues when trying to
move the ball into the opposition danger zone
and promising looking developments tended
to come to naught. At the break there was a 10
point gap, 1-11 to 1-1 for the Connacht Ladies.
Tir na nOg made a better first of it in the second half, though the 10 point difference was
a big ask to make up. Chloe Ryan and Shelly
Walsh pointed, however, the Brighton side
struggled while Connacht Ladies looked comfortable in seeing out the game. A second goal
with less than 10 minutes to go put the cap on
the win, and it is Connacht Ladies reclaiming
the senior football championship and going for
a crack at a first North American in Chicago
this weekend.

JUNIOR A FOOTBALL

Wolfe Tones Captain, Kenny Rega, presented with the Pat Callaghan Cup by Ann
Callaghan. Photo: Rory O’Donnell.

FINAL
WOLFE TONES
BOSTON DONEGAL

1-05
0-07

There was a lot of emotion as Nuala Mulvihill presented the Pat
Mulvihill Cup to Boston Donegal senior team.

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Cormac-Joyce Power was the hero for Wolfe Tones in
the Junior A Football final. Having entered the game
as a sub with the outcome very much in the balance,
the big full forward from County Limerick put the final two points over the bar for the Tones, the winning
scores coming in injury time. It was a scrappy, but exciting, game with each side accountable for several missed
chances that had they been taken, could have swung the
result either way.
There was not a lot between the teams in a low scoring tentative first 30 minutes. Each side had chances
to score that went astray, Donegal probably the guiltier
party. Donegal closed the spaces down well in their defensive area, and kept the Tones endeavours at finding
the room to get off a shot to a minimum. At the break
Donegal had the odd point of five to their credit. It came
from Christy McLaughlin, who earlier had a chance at
goal and forced a fine save from Pauric Miskell.