Mary Immaculate College from Limerick will take on their near neighbours UL in the final of the Fitzgibbon Cup on Friday week in Croke Park after a 0-31 to 2-16 extra-time victory over DCU last night in Dublin. Mary I had five Galway players in their starting team, goalkeeper Darragh Walsh from Turloughmore, full-back Eoin Lawless from Athenry and his brother Conor at wing-back, Donncha Campbell from Cappataggle at centre-back, and Dara Whelan from Turloughmore at midfield.
Shane Walsh, from Tullaroan in Kilkenny, led the scoring for the winners with 0-13 in total, 0-12 of which came from frees. DCU scored an injury-time equaliser to leave it 0-20 to 2-14 at full-time, but MICL outscored their opponents 0-11 to 0-2 in extra time.
After the game, Galway Bay FM's Sean Walsh spoke to Mary I defender Eoin Lawless...
MICL scorers: Shane Walsh 0-13 (0-12f), Cian Scully 0-6, Adam Daly 0-4, Eoin Craddock 0-2, Ben Currivan 0-2 (0-1f), Oisín O'Farrell 0-2, Ronan O'Connor 0-1, Jimmy Quilty 0-1.
DCU scorers: Denis Walsh 0-8 (0-8f), Peter Clarke 2-0, Greg Kelly 0-3, Cathal Beirne 0-3, Sam Byrne 0-1, Dan O'Meara 0-1.
MICL: Darragh Walsh (Turloughmore, Galway); Bobby Drohan (St Mollerans, Waterford), Eoin Lawless (Athenry, Galway - Joint captain), Vince Harrington (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick); Conor Lawless (Athenry, Galway); Donnacha Campbell (Cappataggle, Galway), Jimmy Quilty (Blackrock, Limerick), Cian Scully (Dromin Athlacca, Limerick); Dara Whelan (Turloughmore, Galway), Ronan O'Connor (Feakle, Clare); Adam Daly (Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams, Tipperary), Mark Callinan (Inagh Kilnamona, Clare), Eoin Craddock (Holycross Ballycahill, Tipperary); Shane Walsh (Tullaroan, Kilkenny), Oisín O'Farrell (Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan, Limerick).
SUBS: Cathal Quinn (Cashel King Cormacs, Tipperary) for Callinan (h/t), Ben Currivan (Golden Kilfeacle, Tipperary) for Conor Lawless (42), Cormac Deevy (Brickey Rangers, Waterford) for O'Connor (57); Conor Lawless for Craddock (e/t), Sean Whelan (Cappamore, Limerick) for Daly (76), Michael Gavin (Ballybrown, Limerick) for Quilty (76)
DCU: Stephen Manogue (James Stephens, Kilkenny); Sam Bourke (Ballinamere, Offaly), Dan O'Meara (Maynooth, Kildare), Ivan Bolger (Graignamanagh, Kilkenny); Billy Reid (Glenmore, Kilkenny), Paddy Langton (Young Irelands, Kilkenny), Seán Gallagher (Naomh Barróg, Dublin); Peter Clarke (Castletown Geoghegan, Westmeath), Páidí Lennon (Carrickshock, Kilkenny); Cian Boran (Naas, Kildare), Greg Kelly (O'Loughlin Gaels, Kilkenny), Cathal Beirne (Glenmore, Kilkenny); Denis Walsh (Dunnamaggin, Kilkenny), Sam Byrne (Blacks and Whites, Kilkenny), Donagh Murphy (Mt. Leinster Rangers, Carlow).
SUBS: Andrew Keegan (Clontarf, Dublin) for Langton (50), Evan O'Brien (Naas, Kildare) for Clarke (57), Luke Murphy (Faythe Harriers, Wexford) for Byrne (57), Clarke for Murphy (e/t), Liam O'Reilly (Naas, Kildare) for Bolger (64), Neil Hogan (Castleknock, Dublin) for Clarke (73).
Referee: James Owens (Wexford).
