St. Mary’s, Magherafelt are the new Danske Bank MacFarlane Cup champions!

Danske Bank MacFarlane Cup final

St Mary’s Magherafelt 4-11

St Patrick’s Keady 3-11

St. Mary’s, Magherafelt are the new Danske Bank MacFarlane Cup champions after a hectic final against St Patrick’s Keady yesterday afternoon that finished with the south Derry side hitting 1-3 in the last six minutes to clinch victory.

An early goal from Keady’s Sé McConnell set the tone for the game, with the lead changing hands a few times during the first half before St Mary’s went in at half-time with a three points lead, 2-5 to 1-5.

Michael Kearney grabbed their first goal before Keady re-took the lead with McConnell, Eoghan Mallon and Caoimhín Mone pressing them forward. However a late Conor O’Kane goal was the difference between the teams at half time and that was stretched with a goal on the re-start from Sean Birt.

Nevertheless by the midway point of the second half the Armagh side was two points ahead, helped in no small way by two goals from Shea McCloskey.

Keady had chances to seal the issue before Magherafelt hit form in the last few minutes with a fourth goal from Conan Devlin and points from free-taker Ronan Colgan and Sean Birt kept them on the front foot.

St Mary’s: C O’Kane and S Birt 1-2 each, M Kearney 1-1, C Devlin 1-0, R Colgan 0-6.

St Patrick’s: S McCloskey 2-2, S McConnell 1-3, E Mallon 0-4, C Mone 0-3.