06 June 2010
Loughgiel secured a place in yet another Under 21 hurling final when they beat St Brendan’s in Friday evening’s semi-final in Armoy.
Loughgiel were well in control in the early stages and opened up a 1-5 to 0-4 lead, but St Brendan’s fought back to level the match with a goal from Michael Devlin and Conor Laverty point.
Leading by 1-7 to 1-5 at the break the Shamrocks began to get a firm grip on the game in the second-half and a Chris Quinn goal and two Liam McKillop points saw them open up a seven point gap.
Mickey Devlin lifted St Brendan’s spirits with a lovely point direct from a sideline-cut but when Ciaran McKinley fired in Loughgiel’s third goal in the forty-fourth minute there was only going to be one winner and the Shamrocks booked a final place against the winners of the other semi-final between Cushendall and Ballycastle.
Loughgiel:
Conor Gillan
Ronan Mc Closkey
Ronan Gillan
Tiernan Coyle
Ronan Mc Fadden
Daniel Mc Peake
Conal Dobbin
James Campbell
Liam Mc Killop
Seamus Dobbin
Ciaran Mc Kinley
Donal Mc Kinley
Dan Mc Closkey
Paudie Mc Fadden
Chris Quinn
Subs: Aidan Campbell, Roain Carey, Brian Og Mc Closkey, Declan Mc Gillan, Niall Mc Fadden, Nicholas MacNaughton, Pearce Mc Garry, Steven Mc Auley
St. Brendan’s
Christopher Mc Kernan
Declan Mc Bride
James Magee
Sean Hamilton
Tiernan Mc Laughlin
Michael Devlin
Michael Magee
Conor Sharkey
Conor Laverty
Willy Irwin
James Doherty
Eugene Duffin
Oisin Mc Mahon
Niall Donnelly
Mark Scally
Subs: Padraig Kerr, Christy O’Kane, Rori Miller, Anton Patterson, Ryan Miller, Aaron Mc Neill
The Cushendall v Ballycastle semi-final was postponed due to the death of former Cushendall member Archie Kinney.
