Cumann na mBunscol: Carlanstown end 13-year wait for girls' title

Scoil Mhuire Carlanstown defeated Oristown in the Girls Division 4 final

Scoil Mhuire Carlanstown NS 6-6 Oristown NS 0-10

Carlanstown ended a 13-year wait for a Girls Division 4 title with 14 points to spare over Oristown in the opening game of the day at St Loman’s Park, Trim.

Goals were crucial to the Scoil Mhuire cause, with Phoebe Lee-Gordon and Darcie Clarke raising green flags to give them a 2-3 to 0-7 interval lead. Sophie Byrne and Grace Byrne shared six points for Oristown.

Clarke gave the winners a perfect start to the second half with another goal. Grace Byrne kept Oristown in contention with three further points, but the winners dominated the final ten minutes, hitting 3-2 without reply. Sarah Briody, Isla Rodriguez and Dayna O’Neill were the goalscorers.

After the game, Tony Kearney presented the Division 4 Cup to Phoebe Lee-Gordon.

Scoil Mhuire, Carlanstown: Hannah Rose McEntee, Amelia Rogers, Maria Rasdale, Rosita Dunne, Isla Rodriguez 1-0, Lia O’Connell, Róisin Clinton 0-1, Phoebe Lee-Gordon 1-0, Niamh Clinton, Sarah Briody 1-1, Darcie Clarke 2-2, Ruby Gilsenan 0-1, Hannah Carroll 0-1, Louise Dunne. Subs: Dayna O’Neill 1-0, Sophie Ryan, Olivia Hanafin, Nel Pacura, Lily O’Neill, Charlotte William.

Oristown NS: Evie McBride, Ellie Quail, Alice Hodnett, Niamh Thornton, Katie Morgan, Maedhbh Lee, Mia Waddock, Grace Byrne 0-6, Nova Corrigan, Sophie Byrne 0-3, Andrea Rogers 0-1, Holly Craig, Méabh Norris, Karina Boland. Subs: Hannah Boyle, Sarah Walsh, Orla Sheridan, Rai Nolan, Ellen Walsh, Casey Halligan, Isobel Reynolds.

Referee: Julie Donnellan.