DONEGAL BOSTON’S INTEREST in the Senior Championship concluded when they were beaten at the semi-final final stage by Galway on Sunday.
Donegal 1-11 Galway 4-12
By Rory O’Donnell
The game was neck and neck until the final 10 minutes when Galway outscored Donegal by 2-4 to 0-3.
Michael Daly, Eoin Finnerty, and James Kennedy were the goal heroes in a strong finish that saw the westerners into the final.
[adrotate group=”38″]Donegal lined out with Killybegs’ Jason Noctor and Sean MacCumhaill’s Gavin Gallagher, as well as possessing former Derry forwards Paddy and Eoin Bradley.
Danny Monagle from Carndonagh, St Michael’s Lee Carr and MacCumhaill’s Rory Dunleavy were all among the substitutes.
On Sunday, the scores were level in the first half before Galway eventually netted after Daly was pulled down in the area and Kevin Cummins put the spot kick away. Donegal answered immediately with fine scores from Paddy Bradley and Eoin O’Connor.
[adrotate group=”37″]Galway went in at the break with a 1-5 to 0-7 lead.
Eoin Bradley netted in the third quarter, a stage of the match when Donegal were on top but were also missing chances.
Galway twice pointed to put themselves a goal ahead going into the final 15 minutes. They added three points from Cummins, Finnerty, and Daly their domination was capped by a Finnerty goal.
Cillian O’Sullivan latched on to a loose ball in the middle of the field and combined with Daly to find the open Finnerty who palmed the ball into the open net. With less than five minutes left Galway led by six points.
The last few minutes saw Galway add another goal after corner back James Kennedy ran the length of the field and his shot looped into the corner of the net and the celebrations began for Galway. It was a win that sees Galway into their first final since 1989.
Wolfe Tones, who looked very well drilled in their victory over Connemara Gaels, provide the opposition this coming Sunday.
Donegal: B. Flynn, C. Byrne, J. Noctor, C. Russell, G. Brennan, G. Gallagher, R. Caldwell, B. Donnelly, T. Durnin, E. Bradley, E. O’Connor, D. Kavanagh, P. Bradley.
Galway: J. Kelly, J. Kennedy, K. McDonnell, S. Cullen, P. Naughton, C. Mannion, E. Kavanagh, E. Stritch, M. Daly, C. O’Sullivan, B. McHugh, K. Cummins, E. Finnerty.
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