Louth GAA club | Glyde clinch Kevin McGahon Cup

Glyde Rangers gave themselves a confidence boost going into the Louth GAA Junior Football Championship when they claimed the Kevin McGahon Cup at the expense of Na Piarsaigh Blackrock on Wednesday night.

Goals from Olan Crosbie and Shane Byrne helped the Tallanstown side come out on top in this contest at Mountrush, where they turned in a strong second-half performance.

In an entertaining game, there was little to choose between the teams in the first half, but Glyde turned around with a slight advantage, leading 0-6 to 0-5. A late two-pointer from Ciaran Murphy kept the Rock Road side very much in contention.

The second half produced more action in front of the posts, and it was the Dundalk men who landed the first blow when Robbie Murphy scored the first goal of the game to put his side ahead.

However, Glyde’s response was decisive as Crosbie and Byrne raised green flags in a match-winning spell that saw them score 2-3 without reply in six minutes coming up to the end of the third quarter.

Tadgh Devaney’s five points were also instrumental for the Tallanstown side. Although Na Piarsaigh hit back with a Jamie Fealy goal, they were unable to get back in the game as Glyde held out to claim the title.

Glyde Rangers: Oran Matthews; Conor McCullagh, Senan Lundon, Gerard Bourton; Darren McKeever, Jack McKeever, Oisin Reenan; Adam Sweeney 0-1, Oisin Lynch 0-1; Tadhg Kellett 0-2, Tadhg Devaney 0-5, Leigh Byrne 0-3; Shane Byrne 1-1, Ciarain Sheridan 0-2, Olan Crosbie 1-4.

Subs: Taylor Diamond, Adam Devlin, Cormac Lundon, Conor McCauley, Andrew Hennessy.

Na Piarsaigh Blackrock: Jordan Macken; Chris Kellett, Ronan McCartney, John Galligan; Conal Shields, Darren McElhinney, Steven McGuinness; James Mahoney, Shane Roddy; Tomas Muckian, Michael Woods, Ciaran Murphy 0-4 (2p); Robert Murphy 1-3, Joseph Woods, Jamie Fealy 1-1.

Sub: Mark Larkin 0-1.