Sheridan fires Fingal to victory

Mon, 11th May 2015

FINGAL 1-21 LOUTH 2-8

Fingal recovered from the concession of two early goals to run out convincing victors in this Nicky Rackard clash in Dundalk.

The hosts led 2-3 to 0-2 inside 15 minutes but Fingal settled with Paul McAllister’s goal when the sent the rebound from a JM Sheridan penalty to the net.

Louth led 2-5 to 1-7 at the break but the deadball accuracy of Sheridan was central to Fingal’s second half dominance on the scoreboard.

SCORERS - Fingal: JM Sheridan 0-11 (0-10f), P McAllister 1-1, C O'Flynn 0-2, R McGarry, E O'Connor 0-2 each, S O'Brien, D Hattie, D Butterly 0-1 each. Louth: L Dwan 1-5 (0-5f), A Mackin 1-0, S Conneally, S Callan, G Smyth 0-1 each.

FINGAL: P Sheridan; N Feeney, I Kennedy, G Morris; P Quinn, N Ring, A Morris; D Hattie, R McGarry; JM Sheridan, S O'Brien, C O'Flynn; D Butterly, P McAllister, E O'Connor. Subs: B Kelly for A Morris (65), D O'Brien for O'Flynn (69), C Byrne for Quinn (69).

LOUTH: J Connolly; E McKeown, J Carter, N Cafferkey; A McCrave, B Carter, G Kerrigan; R Maher, D O'Hanrahan; G Smyth, L Dwan, A Mackin; G Kane, S Conneally, S Callan. Subs: C Kerrigan for Cafferkey (42), C O'Reilly for Kane (50), C Deane for Mackin (65).

REF: S Cleere (KIlkenny)