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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB

G.A.A CLUB NOTES:- 29th September 2025

U16 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP B SEMI FINAL

Like their U14 counterparts Na Fianna U16 Footballers No 1 Team have a Championship Final to look forward to as they secured their place in the U16 B Championship Final with a deserved win against St Manchans Gaels in the Semi Final last Wednesday evening in Doon on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-09 making up for the disappointment of exiting the A Championship in their previous game. Na Fianna got the scoring underway with the first 3 points inside the first quarter scored by Michael McAndrew, Cillian Hogan & Liam Jones. St Manchans then got up and running as over the next 5 minutes they got their first point followed by 2 more with Na Fianna adding another point in between courtesy of a free from Liam Jones. With the lead back to just a single point Na Fianna stretched it back out again in the 21st minute by grabbing what would prove to be the only goal when Donal Connolly made a blistering run in along the right endline before cracking his shot to the top left corner of the net. St Manchans put over their 4th point in the final minute so at the break it was the goal separating them with Na Fianna leading by 1-04 to 0-04. Na Fianna were straight out of the blocks from the restart slotting over the first 2 points of the second half inside the first minute from Cillian Hogan and Callum Grehan. By the 10th minute St Manchans had got their first 2 points of the second half either side of a further Na Fianna point from Cillian Hogan when St Manchans were denied a great goal scoring opportunity with a point blank save from Na Fianna keeper Adam Harte. The next 10 minutes saw St Manchans claw back 2 points with the second another denied goal chance as the ball came off the crossbar and over the bar. The final 10 minutes of normal time saw both sides add a further point apiece before Na Fianna wrapped it up with final 2 points in stoppage time from Cillian Hogan and Rory Kehoe. Na Fianna will now face St Vincents in the Final (Fixture details – see below).

NA FIANNA: Adam Harte, Thomas Lynch, Darragh Staunton, Eoin Fox, Senan Farrell, Cormac Staunton, Liam Jones (0-02), Eoin Gorman, Kajus Ramanuskas (0-01), Callum Grehan (0-01), Cillian Hogan (0-04), Fionan Connolly, Donal Connolly (1-00), Michael McAndrew (0-01), Mark Dunne.

SUBS: Sean Dempsey (for Kajus Ramanuskas), Adam Kehoe (for Fionan Connolly), Rory Kehoe (0-01) (for Michael McAndrew), Cathal Sheil & Oisin Whelan.

U14 B FOOTBALL COMPETITION FINAL

Na Fianna U14 Footballers are County Champions as they captured the U14 B Football title with a comprehensive win against Shamrocks in the Final last Sunday morning in Cappincur on a scoreline of 6-08 to 1-05. Playing up the hill and against the breeze in the first half Na Fianna made light work of that challenge opening the scoring in the 2nd minute with a point from Kaiden Monahan followed in the 6th minute by the first goal when a free on the right side of midfield was kicked sideways to team captain Kevin Dunne who ran into the square passing to Kaiden Monahan to shoot into the top centre of the net. Shamrocks got off the mark in the 9th minute with a goal when a Na Fianna miss-pass around their own 45m line was intercepted and a quick run in and shot to the net. Na Fianna added 2 points from Noah Condron and Kaiden Monahan before grabbing their second goal in the 16th minute when a free out on the right side taken by Kaiden Monahan saw Noah Condron jump 1 on 1 with the keeper to punch it to the net. Shamrocks responded with 2 points before Na Fianna fired in their 3rd goal in the 23rd minute when a Na Fianna kickout was worked upfield quickly with Kevin Dunne getting the final touch to dispatch it to the net and he followed it up immediately with a point before Na Fianna grabbed their 4th goal in the 27th minute when Cathal Cuskelly lobbed in a high ball from the right endline which was met at the left post by Noah Condron who punched it to the net. This left Na Fianna with at least one hand on the cup at half time as they led by 4-04 to 1-05. In the second half Na Fianna didn’t rest on their laurels as they pushed on winning a penalty in the 10th minute for a foul on Kevin Dunne which sharp shooter Kaiden Monahan dispatched to the net for goal no 5 and from provider for that effort Kevin Dunne turned to finisher as he smashed in Na Fianna’s 6th and final goal with Cathal Cuskelly also adding a point to Na Fianna’s tally with Shamrocks managing just 3 more points over the course of the second half. There was great delight as Na Fianna captain Kevin Dunne was presented with the cup by match referee and County Board representative Jackie Longworth.

NA FIANNA: Eoin McLachlain, Alex Stafford, Conor Dunne, Sean Condron, Oisin O’Grady, Oisin Dolan, Oliver Foy, Kevin Dunne, Noah McDonnell, Rian Duke, Ben Wallace, Kaiden Monahan, Cathal Cuskelly, Noah Condron, Darragh McAndrew.

SUBS: Mason O’Meara, Fionn McGrath, Kaiden Dunne, Kyle Kelly, Patrick Flynn, Harry O’Meara, Kyle Strong.

U16 B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Na Fianna U16 Footballers First Team will be attempting to capture some silverware as they take on St Vincents in the U16r B Championship FINAL Next Tuesday (7^th October) @ 8pm in Faithful Fields, Kilcormac. Best of Luck to Players & Management. All Support would be appreciated.