LETTERKENNY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY won the Independent.ie HE Hurling Championship Division 3 All-Ireland final this afternoon in Cork.
Letterkenny Institute of Technology 1-11 Robert Gordon University 2-6
Paddy Lennon’s team overcame Robert Gordon University – the British champions – from Aberdeen in the Padraig MacDiarmada final at Cork Institute of Technology with an excellent defensive performance taking them over the line late on.
With nine minutes to go, LyIT were 1-10 to 1-5 in front with Sean McVeigh having scored eight points.
But Graham pulled a goal back for Robert Gordon University to bring the deficit down to just two.
McVeigh soon added his ninth of the day and although the Scottish side did score another point late on, it was LyIT – who trailed 1-3 to 0-5 at half-time – who held on for victory.
McVeigh was on top form in the semi-final on Tuesday, as he bagged personal haul of 3-6 in the 4-7 to 3-6 win over University of Ulster Magee at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny to book the tickets for Sigerson weekend.
The first goal of the day came from Cork native Gary Murphy for RGU on 25 minutes and it was Conor Canty who goaled for LyIT in the second half.
Scorers for LyIT: Sean McVeigh (0-9, 5f), Conor Canty (1-1), David White (0-1).
LyIT: Sean McBride (St Eunans); Mark Diver (Carndonagh), Conor McVeigh (St Eunans), Francis Lennon (St Eunans); Bernard McMenamin (MacCumhaills), Gearoid O’Connor (Buffers Alley, Wexford) Kieran O’Leary (MacCumhaills); David White (MacCumhaills), Conor Harkin (Burt); Sean McVeigh (St Eunans) Shaun Anderson (Setanta) Lee Scanlon; (St Eunans); Eoin Scanlon (St Eunans), Dale Byrne (Castleblayney, Monaghan); Conor Canty (Sylane, Galway). Subs: Macauley Carr (Buncrana) for Scanlon (27), Nolan Cross (Easkey, Sligo) for Byrne (half-time)
Other panellists: Conor Gallen (Setanta), Patrick Doherty (Burt), Shane Rooney (Carrickmacross, Monaghan) Daibhidh Grant (Burt) Killian Mullarkey (Moycullen, Galway) Noel Gorman (St Eunans), Dylan McGowan (Drumshambo, Leitrim).
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