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05 Jan 2026

Derry's Glenullin through to All-Ireland Intermediate Championship final

Glenullin 5-8 Strokestown 2-8

Derry's Glenullin through to All-Ireland Intermediate Championship final

Glenullin's Eoin Bradley launches the ball up field. PHOTO: Thomas Gallagher

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03 Jan 2026 3:39 PM

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Glenullin's eye for goal and their impact from the bench shot to them to next weekend in Croke Park.
The sides were level at half-time but Glenullin’s 2-3 from substitutes pushed them over the line.
Ryan McNicholl’s first goal got them off the best possible start but a Diarmuid McGann goal was the Strokstown response with the sides level at half-time, 1-4 each.
Fearghal Close had the ball over the bar early in the second half before McNicholl added a second goal in a rampant third quarter.
McNicholl’s high ball was then flicked to the net by Traglach Bradley for a 3-5 to 1-4 lead after 33 minutes.
Strokestown got themselves back into contention with a Shane McGinley goal in the 42nd minute.
The Roscommon champions began to get a hold in the game until Willie John Bradley hammered in a fourth Glenullin goal.
The Derry champions, who defended stout, held out at the other end before Joe McNicholl put the icing on the cake with a fifth goal.
Glenullin: Niall O'Kane; Eunan Boylan, Daniel O’Kane, Eunan O’Kane; Conor Rafferty, John O’Kane, Diarmuid McNicholl; Traglach Bradley (1-0), Néill McNicholl (0-1); Cathal Hasson, Chrissy Dempsey, Cillian Bradley (0-1); Conrad Mullan, Eoin Bradley (0-2), Ryan McNicholl (2-1). Subs: Fearghal Close (0-1) for C Mullan (HT), Willie John Bradley (1-0) for Boylan (51), Joe McNicholl (1-0) for Dempsey (51), Dermot O’Kane (0-2, 1f) for E Bradley (56)
Strokestown: Niall Curley; Dillon Casey, Dylan Owens, Timmy Gibbons; Ciarán Regan, David Neary, Colin Compton; Fionn Cusack, Colm Neary; Mikey Kavanagh, Kevin Finn, Shane McGinley, Diarmuid McGann, Keith Murphy, Stephen Tighe. Subs: Cathal Lavin for Finn (35), Thomas Corcoran for Cusack (37), Evan Moran for Kavanagh (41), Cian Corcoran for Murphy (45), Kevin Finn for Tighe (60)
Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)

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