Convent strike late to win All-Ireland title

All-Ireland Junior ‘D’

Post-Primary Schools

Camogie Final Replay

Convent of Mercy, Roscommon 1-8

St Augustine’s, Dungarvan 2-4

The Convent of Mercy, Roscommon claimed AllIreland glory last Saturday as a last-gasp Tara O’Brien point sealed victory over St. Augustine’s, Dungarvan in the replay of the All-Ireland Junior ‘D’ final in Rathdowney, Co. Laois.

The sides were level in the final minute of normal time when O’Brien pounced on a Dungarvan puck out to grab a late winner.

The Roscommon school had got off to a flying start and at half-time lead by 0-6 to 0-2. Siofra Hession opened the scoring while O’Brien, Laura McSharry,

Hazel Kelly and team captain Alannah Sutton were also on target.

Lily Murray, meanwhile, was doing great work around midfield while also keeping Dungarvan’s star player Eimear O’Neill quiet.

The Convent lead stretched to five points after the restart, before a Hession delivery found Laura McSharry who raised a green flag with 40 minutes played.

At this stage, a first All-Ireland junior title since 2014 looked set to be making its way back to Roscommon but Dungarvan to their credit kept fighting and amazingly brought the game level after hitting 2-2 to set up a grandstand finish.

Tara O’Brien finally settled it in the Convent of Mercy’s favour when she struck late on to secure All-Ireland glory for the Convent of Mercy.

The Convent’s defence remained solid all game with Mia White, Eve Con- naughton and Grace Geraghty leading at the back. Lily Murray excelled in midfield while Hession, Kelly, Sutton and O’Brien were always dangerous up front.

Convent of Mercy team:

Maria Tiernan; Iona Hanley, Mia White, Ciara Killeen; Grace Geraghty, Eve Connaughton, Maria Bolger; Emma Hough, Lily Murray; Allanah Sutton (0-1), Hazel Kelly (0-3), Siofra Hession (0-1); Laura McSharry (1-

1), Tara O’Brien (0-2), Katie Kenny. Subs used: Grace Campbell and Anna Kiernan.

Convent of Mercy panel: Alannah Sutton (C), Amy Winston, Anna Kiernan, Aoife Conneely, Ava Egan, Ava

Naughton, Ciara Killeen, Clara Staunton, Deirbhile Collins, Ella Lynch, Emer Connaughton, Emily Regan, Emma Hough, Grace Campbell, Grace Geraghty, Hazel Kelly, Iona Hanley, Katie Kenny, Laura McSharry,

Lilly Murray, Maebh Egan, Maria Bolger (VC), Mia White, Moira Delaney, Sarah Jane O’Connor, Sarah Kilcline, Siofra Hession, Tara O Brien. Coaches: Teresa Hession and Martin Mc Manus.