Naomh Moninne win Colm Geary Cup

Naomh Moninne captured the first Louth adult hurling trophy of 2024 when they recorded this emphatic victory over St Fechins in the Colm Geary League final played in Darver last Wednesday night.

One interesting fact in this victory for the Dundalk side was that all sixteen of their scores came from open play. Andrew Mackin opened the scoring for Moninne with a good point from long range on 5 minutes. Mark Gahan added a good brace of points as they led by 0-4 to no score on 22 minutes.

The Fechins finally opened their account with a Micháel Byrne point a minute later, but further points from Martin Tkacz, Gahan (2) and midfielder James Murphy had Moninne leading by 0-8 to 0-2 at the break.

The sides shared the opening six points on the resumption, Rory Morrissey grabbing three for the south Louth side, with Gahan (2) and Tkacz accounting for the winners scores as they still led by six on 45 minutes.

Andrew Mackin effectively sealed the victory on 47 minutes when he netted from a tight angle left of the post. Mackin also accounted for another brace of points as did full forward Robbie Mathews as the Dundalk side ran out deserving winners.

Naoimhe Moninne: Donal Connolly; Cathal Azzorpardi, Noel Callan, Conor Caraher; Sean Magill, Brendan Prendergast, Oisin McCarthy; James Murphy (0-1), Andrew Mackin (1-3); Mark Gahan (0-6), James Byrne (0-1), Martin Tkacz (0-2); Ciaran Walsh, Robbie Mathews (0-2), Aaron Heaney.

Subs used: Stephen Ryan, Chris Lennon, Donal Lee and Matthew Dignan Moloney.

St. Fechins: Stephen Hackett; Paddy Reddy, Cormac McAuley, Brendan Christophides; Paddy McCarthy, Donal Ryan (0-1), Colin Griffin; Sean Kerrisk, James Griffin; John Stephenson, Barry Devlin, Micháel Ryan (0-1); Zac Lennon,  Rory Morrissey (0-5), Darragh Stone (0-1).