Longford GAA: Dromard win the Minor League Division 1 title for the first time

The victorious St Francis Dromard U-18 football squad pictured with their management team following the fine win over Clonguish Og in the Minor League Division 1 final at Allen Park on Monday evening | Longford Leader

placeholder image — The victorious St Francis Dromard U-18 football squad pictured with their management team following the fine win over Clonguish Og in the Minor League Division 1 final at Allen Park on Monday evening | Longford Leader

St Francis conquer Clonguish Og in the U-18 Cup football final

St Francis Dromard . . . 5-14 Clonguish Og . . . 3-11

A piece of Longford GAA history was made at Bertie Allen Park on Monday evening as St Francis Dromard won the Minor Football League Division 1 title for the first time.

The Dromard U-18 footballers scored a convincing victory over Clonguish Og in the final with the emphatic margin of 9 points separating the sides in the finish.

Thanks to first half goals from Tiernan O'Reilly and Padraic Mulligan, St Francis held a slender 2-8 to 2-6 lead at the break but pulled away in the second half to triumph in comfortable fashion.

Two more goals from the impressive Mulligan (who ended up with a total of 3-3 to his credit), with Donnacha Reynolds also finding the net in the second half, clinched a historic success.

St Francis Scorers:- Padraic Mulligan 3-3, Donnacha Reynolds 1-3, Tiernan O'Reilly 1-1, Cormac Mulligan 0-4, Oren McNerney 0-2, Christopher Corrigan 0-1.

St Francis Dromard Minor squad: Charlie Reilly, Sean McAvennia, Donnagh Martin, Funmi Ojo, Conor McAvennia, Darragh Grimes, Kailum Leahy, Kevin Conefrey, Oran Carragher. Tommy Duffy, Ryan McCabe, Tiernan O'Reilly, Oran Taffe, Oren McNerney, Neal O'Reilly, Andy Duffy, Cormac Mulligan, Padraic Mulligan, Donnacha Reynolds, Eoin Conboy, Christopher Corrigan and Joe Kiernan.