St Ciaran’s See Off Rivals To Claim Crown

Wednesday 02.04.2025

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St.Ciaran’s Ballygawley 4-8 St.Josephs Donaghmore 2-12

An entertaining and competitive Danske Bank Dalton Shield Final between St.Ciaran’s Ballygawley and St.Josephs Donaghmore drew a large crowd to Killeeshil on Tuesday afternoon. After a very entertaining and competitive game it was the Ballygawley school that took the title home on a scoreline of 4-8 to 2-12.

Three first half goals from St Ciaran’s helped them reach the break leading 3-1 to 1-5.  A fourth St.Ciaran’s goal at the end of the third quarter put them seven clear and in a strong position but Donaghmore refused to throw in the towel and came close to snatching the win at the end only to be denied by a superb Darsai Quinn save.

Both sides battled hard throughout and the quality of scores matched the quality of play as they fought for every ball. Goals from Daniel Mc Guinness, James Mc Anenly and Cahir Magill helped put St Ciaran’s in a strong position at half time.

The second half remained highly competitive and when full forward Mc Anenly struck his side’s fourth goal of the game midway through the second half it looked like Donaghmore’s race was run.

Lesser sides than St.Josephs would have given up but not this team. Doran, O’Neill and Quinn landed points before Dobbs finished to the net again to leave it 4-5 to 2-10 going into the final ten minutes. McAnenly got a much needed St.Ciaran’s point only for O’Neill to respond in the 56th minute.

The Ballygawley side was being made to work hard for the title but they managed to keep their noses in front and they moved three clear thanks to efforts from McAnenly and Daffy. With time running out keeper Quinn pulled off that fabulous save and even though Doran pointed a late free it wasn’t enough to save St.Josephs as St.Ciaran’s emerged victorious.

St.Ciaran’s scorers

James McAnenly 2-3 (1F), Daniel McGuinness 1-0, CahirMagill 1-0, Donnachadh Daffy 0-2, Liam Harte 0-1, SheaCassidy 0-1, Conor McKenna 0-1

St.Josephs scorers

Lorcan Dobbs 2-0, Daniel O’Neill 0-4, Daire Doran 0-3 (2F), Joseph Quinn 0-3 (3F), Lorcan Barr 0-1, Ruan Kavanagh 0-1