Dundalk and District League round-up
Muirhevnamor FC secure 14th Clancy Cup title
Auto Assure Clancy Cup Final 2026
Muirhevnamor FC 6-2 Rampart Celtic
The rain finally fell on Oriel Park for the first Clancy Cup final played there, but it also rained goals in a very entertaining match played in front of a huge crowd.
Muirhevnamor went a goal in front after just five minutes, Lucas Silva placing his shot with power. On 18 minutes Ryan Watters scored a cracking goal only to see it ruled out for offside.
A scorching drive from Liam Reed on the half-hour mark doubled the Blues’ lead. A fine save from Aaron Conway kept Rampart in the game until Daniel Duffy struck a fine effort to make it 3-0 in the 40th minute.
A towering header from Ramparts Aidan McGuinness minutes later made it 3-1; thoughts of a Ramparts comeback were shattered by Colm Bracken pouncing on a loose ball to send the Blues into the break 4-1 ahead.
For the next 30 minutes there were no more goals in the second half until Leon Mackin scored from a corner kick to extend Muirhevnamor’s lead to 5-1.
Lucas Silva who opened the scoring spree, got his second of the match, his eighth goal this season in the 33rd minute.
Right after, Ramparts hit the post, just before Durosimi Olawale fired home from close range to complete the eight-goal fest, four minutes short of the full-time whistle.
This was Muirhevnamors 14th Clancy Cup win, beginning in 1993. Rampart were losing their first Clancy Cup final out of three appearances.
This was the 39th playing if the Jimmy Clancy Cup, to honour a great worker for Schoolboy and Junior football in Dundalk. Saoirse McGuinness presented Craig Dixon captain of Muirhevnamor with the Jimmy Clancy Cup, on behalf of Auto Assure.
Muirhevnamor FC: Adhan O’Connor, Stephen Begley, Craig Dixon Conor Mackin, Leon Mackin, Micky O’Kane, Tiernan Mulvenna, Daniel Duffy, Colm Bracken, Lucas Silva, Liam Reid, Tiernan McElroy, Shay Madigan, Daniel McCourt, Liam Bingham, Sean Conlon, Brian Begley,Jarad Rogers, Ray Malone, Jawad Alabed, Conall Rogers
Rampart Celtic: Aaron Conway, Dylan McGill, Ronan Bailey, Aidan McGuinness,Niall Ferguson, Jonathan Lynch, Ryan Washington, Durosimi Olawale, Stephen Cooney, Ryan Watters, Sean Bailey, Sean McQuillan, Samson Omutosa, Josh Curtis Larkin, Lee O’Carroll, Can McGuinness, Conor Klipe, Kaloso Kaburga, Mylka Mohaduough.
Referee: Rafal Kurek; Assistants: Patrick White and Paul Malone.
Dundalk and District League Fyffes Premier Division
Haynestown Celtic 2-3 Rampart Celtic
A cracking low shot from Ramparts' Ryan Watters on 20 minutes gave the Clancy Cup finalists an early lead. Just before the break, Ramparts' goalkeeper was sent off for handling the ball in the outfield, leaving them with a custodian crisis.
Despite this loss, they doubled their lead with an Oran McParland goal in the 65th minute. Eventually, the 10 men cracked when Mikolaj Weilgosz scored.
This was followed by a Sahnoon Buyes sixth goal this season to level matters in the 81st minute. A very late Leo Carroll strike gave Rampart all three points, to leave them joint second on 21 points.
Square United 5-2 Shamrock FC
A double from the top scorer Arthur Sands put him top of the scorers list with 16 goals and helped his team to a big win over the Dundalk side. Martin Duffy also netted a brace while Jack Dowdall got his 7th goal of the campaign.
Shamrocks top scorer Barry O’Hare pulled one back for the hoops, his ninth for the season, and Jack O’Shaughnessy opened his account for this term. Square have 16 points from 10 games.
Carrick Rovers 0-2 Muirhevnamor FC
Muirhevnamor warmed up for next Saturday's Clancy Cup Final with a good away win in Carrick, thanks to goals from Daniel Duffy, his fifth so far, and a Keith Harmon special, his sixth strike this season.
The top of the table has changed little as Glenmuir gave leaders Carlingford a walkover in their clash next Thursday, which means the gap between the top two remains at nine points: Carlingford 33 points, Muirhevnamor 24 points with 11 games played.
Faughart Rovers 4-1 Parkside FC
Despite these two teams occupying the two bottom places in the League table, they provided a very entertaining 90 minutes of football.
Faughart took the lead on 16 minutes with a great strike to the roof of the net by Peter McDermott. A header by Andy Breen made it 2-0 after 20 minutes.
Fra Quigley was quick to regain Faughart's lead after Cian Murphy had pulled one back for Parkside in the 38th minute, a lead they held to the break. On the hour mark, Andy Breen got the final score for a deserved Faughart victory.