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2024 TG4 All-Ireland Finals tickets

DONEGAL DEFEAT CAVAN TWICE IN SEVEN DAYS.

DONEGAL DEFEAT CAVAN TWICE IN SEVEN DAYS.

YVONNE MC MONAGLE ON FIRE FOR DONEGAL.
Donegal overcame Cavan for the second time in seven having won the Ulster Intermediate title the previous week in Clones.Yesterday in Tirconaill Park in Donegal Town the homeside were in the lead from start to finish with Yvonne Mc Monagle from Glenfin the player of the match with a parsonal tally of 2–6.The Glefin girl got Donegal off to a good start with a point from a free and a class goal,before catriona Smith got a point for the visitors,followed by Aisling Doonan.Mc Monagle got two more points from play and Geraldine added another.Cavan got four points from frees due to petty fouling by the Donegal defence, per Roisin O’Keefe,Bronagh Sheridan, and two from Aisling Doonan.Donegal got four more points before half time courtesy Niamh Hegarty, Geraldine Mc Laughlin, Yvonne Mc Monagle and Eilish Ward.Cavan replied with two from Aisling Doonan, and Roisin O’Keefe.The score at half time was DONEGAL 1–8 CAVAN 0–8.
Donegal went further ahead at the start of the second half with points from Aoife Mc Donnell,Niamh Hegarty,and Geraldine Mc Laughlin.Yvonne scored another goal before Cavan got back in the game with points from Brid Boylan and Aisling a point from a free. Niamh Hegarty scored another point for the homeside.Cavan opened the Donegal defence with fluid fast interplay to
score a great goal against the run of play by Bronagh Sheridan.Donegal scored four more points per Yvonne , Niamh Hegarty,Roisin Friel and another from Yvonne.
Cavan got three more points Bronagh Sheridan free, Aisling Doonan two the first a free and one from play to leave the homeside victorious by five points.

FINAL SCORE DONEGAL2–16 CAVAN
1–14.
While Donegal won with fine football the visitors were prominent at mid field with some excellent fielding by both Claire Murtagh and Bronagh Sheridan.

TEAMS;DONEGAL ROISIN MC CAFFERTY, KELLY WILSON, OLIVE MC CAFFERTY, TERESA MC CAFFERTY, CIARA HEGARTY, MARI HERRON, DEIRDRE FOLEY,AOIFE MC DONNELL, KAREN GUTHRIE, GRAINNE HOUSTON, NIAMH HEGARTY, KAREN FEENEY,
EILISH WARD, YVONNE MC MONAGLE, GERALDINE MC LAUGHLIN, SUBS USEDKATE KEENEY FOR MARI HERRON, ROISIN FRIEL FOR GRAINNE HOUSTON,NIAMH MC LAUGHLIN FOR KAREN FEENEY.
CAVAN; KAREN BAXTER, JOANNE MOORE, CIARA O’REILLY, CLAIRE KEARINS, RENEE MURPHY, GRAINNE MC GLADE, CIARA GREY, CLAIRE MURTAGH, BRONAGH SHERIDAN, CATRIONA SMITH, ROISIN O’KEEFFE PAMELA CROWE MC CABE, BRID
BOYLAN, CLARAGH REILLY, AISLING DOONAN.

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