TG4 All-Ireland minor ladies football final Dublin 2-18 Tyrone 1-4 Dublin claimed the TG4 All-Ireland minor ladies football crown for the very first time with a comprehensive 2-18 to 1-4 victory against Tyrone in Monday's final at Breffni Park, Cavan. The junior jackies, who led by 1-7 to 1-4 at half-time, ran riot after the break and stormed to a 17-point victory with a powerful second half performance. Dublin, beaten finalists last year, were too good for the Red Hands, who were held scoreless in the second half. Dynamic centre forward Noelle Healy scored 2-3 and full forward Natalia Hyland weighed in with 0-7 as Dublin repeated last year's quarter-final victory against their Ulster opponents. Sinéad Goldrick received the TG4 player of the match award for a storming display at centre half back. Dublin started the game much the better and led by 1-1 to 0-0 early on as Healy scored a fine individual goal after seven minutes, her shot carrying too much power for Tyrone goalkeeper Sinéad McVey. Rebecca McCrory hit back immediately with a goal for Tyrone after she neatly rounded Dubs goalkeeper Hannah Tyrell but Dublin hit back with three unanswered points to move 1-4 to 1-0 clear. Tyrone's Niamh Hughes was denied by a smart Tyrell save in the 16th minute but a run of three points without reply brought Tyrone back to within a point of the winners, 1-5 to 1-4. However, Kerri Graham's 26th minute point would prove to be Tyrone's last score of the game and after half-time, it was exhibition stuff >from a hugely-impressive Dublin outfit. Leading by 1-13 to 1-4 midway through the second half, Noelle Healy's well-taken second goal killed the game and as Dublin emptied the bench, five more points followed, including scores from substitutes Amy Ring and Sinéad Cumiskey. Dublin had scoring contributions from nine different players, including all six starting forwards, while full-back Karen McGlynn performed an effective marking job on Tyrone's normally prolific senior player Clodagh Poyntz. Dublin: H Tyrell; A Burke, K McGlynn, R Nugent; S O'Mahony, S Goldrick, S Barrett; N McEvoy, A Connolly; F Hudson, N Healy; A Cushen; D Geraghty, N Hyland, S Cullen. SUBS: A Ring for Geraghty, V Browne for Cullen, O Egan for Burke, S Cumiskey for Hudson, E Farrell for Healy. Tyrone: S McVey; B Quinn, R Rafferty, C Monaghan; N McAnulla, R Molloy, A McShane; E Conlon, S Quinn; E Hegarty, A O'Kane, Niamh Hughes; K Graham, C Poyntz, R McCrory. SUBS: Natalie Hughes for Hegarty, S McCann for Graham, EJ Gervin for Niamh Hughes, S Patterson for Monaghan. Dublin scorers: N Healy 2-3, N Hyland 0-7 (3f), S Cullen 0-2, S Goldrick, F Hudson, A Cushen, D Geraghty, A Ring & S Cumiskey 0-1 each. Tyrone scorers: R McCrory 1-0, A O'Kane, N Hughes, K Graham & C Poyntz (f) 0-1 each. Referee: Keith Delahunty (Tipperary). Tweet

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