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Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
St Pat's Maghera clinch sixth Hogan Cup triumph
St Patrick's College Maghera clinched their sixth All-Ireland Senior Football Colleges Hogan Cup triumph as they comfortably defeated St Colman's Claremorris 2-8 to 0-4 in the final at Croke Park. Two Cormac Og McCloskey points helped the Maghera school lead 0-5 to 0-1 at half-time and their advantage should have been bigger as they missed several other chances. Darragh Beirne notched the Mayo team's only first-half score and remained their only scorer during the contest. St Colman's did have a 15th-minute goal chance when they were 0-2 to 0-0 down but Maghera goalkeeper Jack McCloy spread himself to deny Ciaran Treacy. Owen Doherty, Padraig O'Kane and Darach McGonigle were also on target for the Derry side in the opening half. By half-time, St Patrick's had lost skipper Cahal McKaigue to injury but they remained unruffled as man of the match Padraig Haran's 40th-minute goal, after a sweeping move, put them in total control at 1-6 to 0-2 ahead. Haran notched Maghera's next score and while Beirne and Darragh Flanagan both had goal chances as St Colman's frantically attempted to get back into the game, McCloy refused to be beaten as he made further saves. McCloskey notched his third point in the final minute of normal time and Darragh O'Neill's goal in injury-time - after another turnover at the other end of the pitch - topped off the St Pat's win as they added All-Ireland success to the MacRory Cup triumph.
BBC News
07-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
MacRory new boys Abbey Vocational face Maghera in final
Sunday's MacRory Cup Final at Celtic Park (15:00 GM) will be live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Website as Donegal Town school Abbey Vocational battle in their first season in the Ulster Colleges competition against 16-time champions St Patrick's College while Abbey Vocational may be short of MacRory Cup experience, this group of players are proven winners with over 10 of the squad having helped Four Masters win two Ulster Minor Club titles. In addition, the majority of the Abbey side, who are coached by Gweedore man Stuart McFadden, clinched the MacLarnon Cup and All-Ireland B Colleges titles last year. Abbey captain Turlough Carr says reaching the final at the first time of asking is an "unbelievable achievement" but admits they will have no inferiority complex against the MacRory past masters."We have a very strong team and we have very good experience. We've competed in Ulster Club Championship and we've won two of them so we're looking forward to having another crack," said Pat's Maghera captain is Cahal McKaigue, a cousin of former Derry star Chrissy McKaigue, who is part of the management team led by Sean Marty man Lockhart captained the Maghera school to MacRory Cup and Hogan Cup glory all of 30 years ago."You walk in the school in first year, you go there to win the MacRory Cup. That's why you go to St Pat's," says midfielder McKaigue, who like Chrissy, hails from Slaughtneil."The hunger is definitely there. The group really wants it and the buzz is very, very good around the school."The BBC coverage will begin at 14:50 GMT with Conor Glass and Ryan McHugh on punditry duty as Mark Sidebottom presents the broadcast and Thomas Niblock is on commentary.
