Monaleen Juvenile GAA Club

A great victory for Monaleen in their first year competing at Under 14 with a 1-3 to 0-2 victory in Boher on Tuesday evening.

Monaleen started well and a great solo effort from Caoimhe Lyons gave us the crucial early goal. Good early showing from Aine Hegarty, Aoife Hogan and Grainne Fullen kept Murroe under pressure and resulted in a free which Niamh Doyle converted for a 4 point lead. A tough competitive half with a lot of work done in midfield by Siobhan Phelan and Megan O Meara. Great clearances throughout the half Shannon Power at centre half back and some great defending particularly by Les Ivors at left corner back kept Murroe to a pointed free at half time.

Murroe started well in the second and playing with the hill put the Monaleen goal under pressure. Penny O Hehir and Blaithin O Shea who played well throughout in the full back line cleared a lot of ball along with Laura Enright who made some crucial clearances. Eileen Russell kept another clean sheet in the goal with an error free display.

In the final quarter Monaleen took over and if not for great goalkeeping on the Murroe side the difference on the scoreboard would be a lot greater. Ciara Wiley, Nicole Sheehan, Nora Farrell and Caroline Crotty proved that Monaleen had the stronger panel and all made an impact. 2 pointed frees from Niamh Doyle and 1 in reply from Murroe resulted in victory and a first under 14 title for the club.
Aoife Hogan as captain received the trophy on behalf of the team.

A great performance by everyone!

Panel: Aoife Hogan; Aine Hegarty; Shannon Power; Caroline Crotty; Grainne Fullen; Eileen Russell; Blaithin O Shea; Nora Farrell; Lesley Ann Ivors; Megan O Meara; Laura Enright; Siobhan Phelan; Penny Hehir; Nicole Sheehan; Ciara Wiley; Caoimhe Lyons; Niamh Doyle and Susan Crotty.