Further Success for St Seachnall’s in Parnell Park
By Andrew Quinn and Cormac Curtin
It was a wet and windy day as St. Seachnall’s were crowned Fingal League,
Junior Division 1 champions. Only a few weeks ago St Seachnall’s Senior boys’
and their Senior girls’ teams were victorious there as well. Now the Junior
Boys’ Team, which is confined to 4th and 5th Class pupils, were playing against
Pope John Paul II N.S. from Malahide.
The Malahide boys got off to a flying start with a quick point from play and
then another point from a 45’. However St. Seachnall’s came storming back
after a great pass from Andrew Quinn, was finished to the back of the net with
a thundering strike from Aaron Murphy. With the two teams exchanging points
the score at the interval was 1-5 to 0-5 in favour of St Seachnall’s.
After the interval St. Seachnall’s N.S. tightened their grip on the game with two
points from Mathew Costello and a point from Fionn Cummins. St. Seachnall’s
stayed in the lead for the next 15 minutes, but only by a couple of points as
Pope John Paul’s fought back tenaciously to narrow the margin. A goal from
John Paul’s levelled the match with just five minutes left. The scene was now
set for a pulsating finish. A terrific run from midfielder Mathew Costello was
finished to the back of the net by Cormac Curtin. Again the teams exchanged
points. With 30 seconds remaining Ethan Mahase made an amazing save and
that was to be the end of a nail biting match. The St. Seachnall’s team and
management celebrated on the pitch with joy. The end score was 2-13 to 2-10.
It was St. Seachnall’s first Fingal Junior Title.
Team: Ethan Mahase, Liam O’ Connor, Sean Walsh, Adam Territt, Colm Keane,
James Traynor, Evan Lawlor, Mathew Costello, Fionn Cummins, Andrew Quinn,
Sean O’ Connor, Harry Dunne, Cormac Curtin, Aaron Murphy, Cillian McCool.
Subs: Mark O’ Brien, Tommy Toal, Conor Ogedegbe, Luke McCarthy, Josh
Masterson, Mathew Synnott, Cormac O’ Connor-Flanagan, Michael Jibowu,
Adam Ward, Ollie Balla, Tobi Balla, Harry Magee, Josh McDermott, Joe Larkin,
Conor Swan, Cian McLaughin.
Mentors: Barry Slack, Sorcha O’ Dwyer and Andrew Hennelly.