25 July 2005 Galway win All-Ireland Minor Crown Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! All-Ireland Minor ladies football final GALWAY 5-7 DONEGAL 1-8 UNA CARROLL scored two goals and saved a penalty to inspire Galway to their second ever All-Ireland ladies minor football title in yesterday’s final against Donegal at Tourelstrane. Carroll finished the game with a personal tally of 2-3 to pick up her second All-Ireland medal in less than 12 months as she was also part of the senior team who won the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park last October. Carroll performed heroics at both ends of the field yesterday. Although she plays at corner-forward for the Galway minors, the Corofin club girl lines out in goals for the county senior team. In the dying seconds of the first half yesterday, Galway minor goalkeeper Louise Morris was sin binned when she brought down Donegal’s Yvonne McMonagle to concede a penalty. Carroll rushed up the field to stand between the posts for the resulting penalty and saved McMonagle’s effort to send Galway in at the break with a two point advantage, 2-2 to 0-6. Galway’s first half goals came from Michelle Delaney in the 11th minute and Carroll on the quarter hour mark. Donegal, who have never won an All-Ireland title at the grade, started the second half strongly and reduced the gap to the minimum courtesy of a McMonagle point early after the resumption. However, the Ulster side failed to score again until the final minutes of the game. Ann Marie McDonagh hit Galway’s first point of the second half and they quickly tagged over four more in succession. Player of the match Sarah Cosgrove, who scored 2-1 in total, registered her first goal in the 59th minute to make it 3-7 to 0-7 in favour of Galway. Donegal responded with a Bridget Gallagher point and a goal from Sheila Campbell. However, Galway put the game well beyond Donegal with a brace of injury time goals from Carroll and Cosgrove to collect the All-Ireland minor crown. Share this Article 0 0