Gaoth Dobhair 3-9 Sean MacCumhaill’s 0-11
Gaoth Dobhair qualified for their first county final in four years with victory over Sean MacCumhaill’s in O’Donnell Park today.
Gaoth Dobhair started well and Ethan Harkin kicked two early points before Odhrán MacNiallais converted a penalty.
MacCumhaill’s improved in the second quarter and Oisin Gallen scored four points, but a Harkin-inspired Gaoth Dobhair were still in charge at the break.
HT: Gaoth Dobhair 1-6 Sean MacCumhaill’s 0-4
Gallen kicked the first point after the restart but Ethan Harkin then bagged a goal for the Magheragallon side.
MacCumhaill’s did cancel that out with the next three points but they suffered a big blow when Stephen ‘Donna’ McFadden found the net in the 46th minute.
Ronan Mac Niallais’s Gaoth Dobhair were able to close out the match and they have a big county final to look forward to.
It wasn’t the performance that the Twin Towns side wanted and they finished with 14 players after Eoin Gallen was sent off.
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