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point but they just had that little bit extra than us and ended up winning by two points.” The result left Kildallan needing something from their next game against Corlough in order to be in with a chance of getting to a semifinal and once again they’d be pushed by their neighbours, whom came back from the dead to salvage a draw on 3-8 apiece, but it would be enough for Kildallan to enter into a play-off with Cornafean for a place in the last four. Off the back of a hard fought win The U12 side that were championship runners up, front l/r: James Quinn, Patrick Quinn, Dylan Bannon, over Templeport, Cornafean were the Ryan Duignan, Brandon Cooke, Killian hagan, Niall ward, Connor Donohoe, oisin hagan, Patrick fancied side and raced into a good Farrelly. Middle: Ryan Mcclelland, Abby Boyle, Caoimhe Brady, Dylan Duignan, Eoghan Brady, Luke Farrelly, Connor Lee, Bricin Coony, Eanna Moran, Cianan o'Neil, Jack Moran. Back: start. Kildallan, minus the services of Rachel McClelland, Aoife Brady, Paul o'Neill, Michael Donohoe a few regulars once more, netted a well-worked goal to keep themselves weren't at the races early on and, to their credit, Arva duly in contention, but it was the Reds that advanced into a semireaped the rewards, earning themselves what seemed to be final meeting with Arva after coming through on a 0-14 to 1-7 a solid 1-7 to 0-4 lead by the interval. score-line The sides swapped scores in the third quarter, keeping the “Against Corlough we had the game won, but ended up difference at six before Kildallan went on to dominate the last drawing it somehow,” explained Declan. 15 minutes of the game with a spirited fightback. Brian Ellis “The Cornafean was a game that just we never really got brought Arva's tally to 1-12 in the 46th minute but the leaders going in, to be honest. We only got two points in the first-half would only score two more points in the remaining minutes and we were kind of ragged around midfield. Niall Cassidy of the game. In contrast, the west Cavan side added 2-4 and Ronan O’Reilly, whom wouldn’t be traditional midfielders, before the final whistle with a Niall Cassidy goal (50) and started in midfield and they found it a little bit hard going. another one from John O'Neill (58) making for a nervous final “Cornafean had been playing in the intermediate league for few minutes for Arva. Points from Jonathan McCabe and a number of years and they’ve a great pedigree in junior Kevin Bouchier (free) sandwiched O'Neill's major and were enough to get their side safely over the line on a 1-14 to 2-9 score-line. Best Wishes To Kildallan GAA In 2014 From Kildallan (JFC v Arva): Ronan Fitzpatrick; Fergal Donohoe, Niall Crowe, Neasan Neary; Killian Duignan, Peadar Reilly, Stephen Crowe; Cathal Sheridan, Stephen Wynne; Ronan Reilly (0-4), Daithi Neary, Niall Cassidy (1-0); Darren McGovern (0-1), Conor Crowe, John O'Neill (1-4). Subs: Fergal Maguire for S Wynne; Eamon McPartland for S Crowe; Niall Martin for D Neary. “We’d struggled to beat Maghera and knew that Arva were going to be hard beat,” said Timmins. “Stephen Crowe and Stephen Wynn were both carrying injuries going into that game but they played anyway because we needed them. We conceded a bad goal that kind of knocked the stuffing out of us but John O’Neill was a great Killeshandra Rd., Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. addition for us in that game and he kind of kick-started the comeback for us. From 10 points down, we came within a
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