26 April 2006 All-Ireland Schools U-16 A Final Report Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! ALL IRELAND U16A SCHOOLS FINAL St. Louis Monaghan 2-7 St. Joseph Castleisland 2-5 Nicola Fahy was the hero of St. Louis Convent Monaghan yesterday as her 28th minute goal gave the Farney side a two point victory over St. Joseph’s, Castleisland in the All Ireland U16 schools final. The win gave St. Louis the All Ireland double and is the first All Ireland title won by any Monaghan team at this age group. Both teams deserve great credit for serving up such a close and exciting final which ended 2-7 to 2-5. St. Joseph’s made the brighter start with Mary Herlihy and Geraldine Ryan firing over before St. Louis opened their account through Laura Askin in the 13th minute. Askin levelled the game with her second point and then St. Louis went ahead thanks to a nice point from Catriona Treanor. Then is the space of a minute two goals were scored. Noelle Scanlon netted for St. Joseph’s but the St. Louis response was immediate, Alana Hackett cancelling the Kingdom’s side’s goal with her own strike. Ciara Mc Anespie and Briege Mc Carron then sent over to give the Monaghan school a three point lead however St. Joseph’s finished the half strongly and points from Stephanie Murphy, Noelle Scanlon and Geraldine Ryan left the sides level at the break 1-5 each. The third quarter was tight and with neither side giving an inch it was no surprise that there were no scores. In the 45th minute Mary Herhily scored St. Joseph’s second goal however this was to be the Kerry sides only score of the half. Catriona Treanor and Natasha Mohan closed the gap with points before St. Joseph’s were awarded a penalty. Barbara Mc Kenna in the Louis goal saved brilliantly and then with two minutes to go Nicola Fahy struck the winning goal. Team manager Pauline Devlin found it hard to talk after such an enthralling game but did manage a few words. “The result is hard luck on St. Josephs but for us it makes up for the disappointment of losing the same final last year. The girls were just brilliant and it’s great to be able to add this title to the U19 one”, said a delighted Devlin. Paul Swift (PR Committee – pswift5@eircom.net) Share this Article 0 0