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06 Sept 2025
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St Mel's College senior football squad pictured before the Leinster Schools 'A' Championship group stage clash against Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar at the Shamrocks grounds on Friday
Building on a great start with Ronan Courtney scoring a cracking goal with just five minutes gone on the clock, St Mel’s College cruised to a very easy win over Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar in the Leinster Schools Senior ‘A’ Football Championship.
St Mel’s College . . . 1-23 Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar . . . 2-5
With the advantage of the stiff wind in the first half, St Mel’s established a commanding 1-14 to 1-2 lead at the break and the Longford college won by the wide margin of 15 points in the Group Stage Round 2 clash at the Mullingar Shamrocks grounds on Friday last.
Particularly prominent in this one-sided encounter were powerful midfielder Matthew Carey and influential centre-half-forward Matthew Flynn with the Clonguish duo shooting the impressive total of 13 points between them.
It mattered little when St Mel’s were reduced to 14 players for a ten minute period in the second half after Jonathan Burke was dismissed after receiving a black card.
Next up for St Mel’s (under the management team of Jimmy Gacquin, Damien Rooney and Ciaran Garvey) is a meeting with St Mary’s Edenderry (who also hammered Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar) in the remaining group stage fixture and they can expect a far tougher task at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park this Friday, throw-in 1pm.
ST MEL’S COLLEGE: Caolan Hussey (Mostrim); Joe Morrissey (Killoe), Adam Donnelly (Killoe), Kevin Baskett (Clonguish); Gavin Farrelly (Killoe, 0-1), Ross Shields (Clonguish), James Connell (Mostrim); Cormac Harte (Killoe), Matthew Carey (Clonguish, 0-6); Jonathan Burke (Clonguish, 0-1), Matthew Flynn (Clonguish, 0-7, 3f), Ronan Courtney (Mostrim, 1-0); Michael Flynn (Clonguish, 0-2), Paddy Moran (Killoe, 0-3), Andrew Flynn (Clonguish, 0-1).
Subs:- Conor Smith (Clonguish) for J Morrissey (half-time); Jack Belton (Mostrim, 0-1) for J Burke (47 mins); Colm Coyle (Killoe, 0-1) for P Moran (injured, 54 mins); David Moorhead (Killoe) for J Connell (injured, 56 mins).
COLAISTE MHUIRE MULLINGAR: Senan O’Driscoll; Byron Graham, Oisin Kelly, Gary Branigan; Sean Bracken, Eoin Conlon, Cathal Tighe; Josh Murtagh, Shane Ormsby (1-0); Michael Walshe, Ryan Kelly (0-4, all frees), Conor Leech; Gavin Pierce, Daniel McCann, Jack Duncan (1-1).
Subs:- Gareth Mullaniff for M Walshe (18 mins); Mark Tunney for G Pierce (44 mins).
Referee: Eamon O’Connor (Offaly).
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