First up, congratulations to Robbie McDaid and Sam Molony as the Dublin U21 team took the Leinster Championship title with a 0-15 to 0-10 win over Meath in Portlaoise last Wednesday. Commiserations to Shane McEntee, son of Senior football manager Andy, who lined out for Meath on the night. Our Senior Dublin players also had something to celebrate as the Dubs beat Tyrone on Sunday by a point to secure a league play-off place. They now face Cork in the semi-final. 

Minor A Match report.Boden 0-09 Na Fianna 1-10

Bhí slua mhór i bPáirc Uí Mhurchú ag breathnú ar chuiche bríomhar Domhnach 6 Áibreán idir an dhá fhoireann faoi 18 is fearr i mBaile Átha Cliath ag an léibhéal seo. Chuir an ghaoth láidir tras páirce isteach ar na foirne agus bhí sé thar a bheith deacair teacht ar scórana ag na cúil in aice na seomraí feistis ach go háirithe.Bhí an lámh in uachtar ag na Buadánaigh sa chéad leath leis na scóranna ach bhí Na Fianna níos cumasaí ag coimeád seilbh ar an liathróid. Cé go bhfuair Colm Basquel, Barra Mc Garry agus Dara Langan scóranna bhí Na Fianna in ann scóranna a fháil i gcoinne na Gaoithe. Doibrigh Stiofán Mac An Bhaird, Conchúr Déine agus Cian Ó Maoileoid go han-chrua. D’ úsáid Warran Ó hAogáin, Adam Ó Cearnaigh agus Darrach Ó Langáin an liathróid go sciopaidh agus go sciliúil. Bhí an lámh in uachtar chomh maith ag Ciaráin Ó Briain agus ag Barra sa chéad leath i lár páirce. De dheasca sin bhí an scór ag leath ama Baile Buadáin 0 6 Na Fianna 0 4. Níor leor an bearna sin afách leis na dalai aimsire. Sa dara leath leis an ngaoth tháinig feabhas mhór ar fhoireann Na Fianna agus de dheasca scóranna ó Bharra agus ó Cholm do Bhuadáin fuair Na Fianna 1 – 4 sa deich nóiméad deireanach. Throid Buadán go láidir ach faraor dóibh bhí cosainteoirí Na Fianna in ann am i ndiaidh ama na hionsaithe sin a bhriseadh síos. Déirigh le Baile Buadáin an chuid is mó de chiceanna amach Sean Brennan a bhuachan. Rinne Seán cúpla sábháil dochreidte. Bhí mí ádh ag Darragh Ó Lángain le hiarracht i gcoinne an trasnáin agus bhí an cúl a fuair Na Fianna ina chic phionóis. Ag rá sin bhí imreoirí in easnamh ag Na Fianna mar sin tá obair mhór roimh na Buadánaigh amach anseo. Go néirí leo mar tá cumas, féidireacht, talann agus poiteinseáil ann. Ná lagaigí sibh!

Sean Brennan, Darragh McGuire, Neil Hester, Stiofán Mac An Bhaird, Shane Clayton, Cian Mellett, Ciaran Ó Brien, Barra McGarry, Conor Deane, Warren Egan, Brian Bobbett, Adam Carney, Colm Basquel, Dara Langan. Subs used: Killian Ó Donoghue, Ross McGrath, Rob Leddy. Brian Kirwan Oisin o Duill.

 Minor C Match report.Boden 4-09 St.Pats (P) 0-02After a bye in the 1st round and a walkover in the second round of Div 4A, the Minor C footballers finally saw competitive action against St. Patrick’s Palmerston in Glenaulin Park on Sunday last. Playing into a strong diagonal wind in the first half, the Boden lads got down to business right away. With Jamie Ryder and Conor Barton dictating matters at midfield and Philip Mc. Cormack pulling the strings at centre forward, Boden reeled off a succession of points from McCormack himself, Eoin Cashman, Sean Durkin, Eoin Buckley, Brian Gillespie, Conor Barton and Jamie Ryder. When Durkin, McCormack and Ryder added goals, the writing was on the wall for the St. Pat’s lads. Many of Boden’s scores resulted from selfless play by Kevin O Flaherty who got onto an amount of ball and used it very intelligently.

The second half followed a similar pattern to the first, but was interrupted by an injury to Boden’s Eoin Buckley and St.Patrick’s Mark Scully. Thankfully, however, neither player was seriously injured. In the end, Boden ran out convincing winners on the score of 4.9 to 0.2. While the forwards took some fine scores, the defence also deserves great credit for conceding only 2 points in the entire game. Finally, a special word of thanks to Eoin Buckley and Conor Barton for turning out on Sunday after their great U16 championship victory over St.Brigid’s the previous day.

 

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