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Thu 13th May 2010
BT D’Alton Cup final :
St Patrick’s Cavan 3-9 Abbey Newry 0-4
St Patrick’s Cavan will be celebrating a first ever BT D’Alton Cup title for a while after seeing off the challenge of Abbey CBS in the final in Pearse Og grounds Armagh yesterday afternoon.
After running up big scores in the lead up to the final, defences took over and there was little to seperate the sides after 20 minutes, Cavan ahead by 0-2 to a single from Ryan Treanor.
However the Breffni boys conjured up a 21st minute goal for Ben Conaty and quickly added two Ryan Connolly points to open up a gap that Abbey struggled to close.
Cavan led by 1-5 to 0-1 at the break, but Abbey hit back on the re-start with 3 points in succession. It closed the gap, but Ryan Connolly struck a goal and this helped Cavan regain control.
Ronan O’Reilly added a third Cavan goal and substitute Donovan McCaffrey struck two points in the final 10 minutes to confirm an historic victory for St Patrick’s.
St Patrick’s Cavan : Mark Fegan, Glen Brady, Jason Rahill, Declan Lunney, Cian McManus, Thomas Galligan, Paul Sexton, Colin McCabe, Matthew McKenna 0-1, Ronan O’Reilly 1-2, Ryan Connolly 1-4, Pierce Smith, Brian Sheanon, Ben Conaty 1-0, Darragh Gannon.
Sub : Donovan McCaffrey 0-2 for B Sheanon.
Abbey : Aaron Campbell, John Catterson, Fergus Quinn, Thomas Looney, Cathair McKinney, Shea Gregory, Luke Byrne, Sheagh Dobbin 0-1, Conor McCoy, Joe Rock, Ryan Treanor 0-3, Ruairi Campbell, Niall Rafferty, Shane Fitzpatrick, Ronan McGrath.
Subs : Cillian Burns for N Rafferty, Gavin Fox for S Fitzpatrick, Emmet Irwin for R McGrath.
Submitted by: Seamus McAleenan
