Gaeil Fhánada 2-18 Tuar Mhic Éadaigh 3-9 It wasn’t looking good in Towney on Bank Holiday Monday for Gaeil Fhánada as they trailed by ten points in the Comórtas Peile Junior Final. The Donegal champions were certainly unlucky to be trailing by that margin but it was going to take something special to get them back into the contest quickly. Enter big Michael Sweeney who was a hugely influential figure along with Seamie Friel who was named Man of the Match afterwards. Other subs Sean Kerr, Darren McElwaine and Mark McAteer also played his part in the stunning turnaround that saw Fanad win the decider by six points over Mayo’s Tuar Mhic Éadaigh They had led 2-8 to 0-4 at the interval. Gaeil Fhánada’s Sean Kerr got the first score of the final. The other first half scorers for the Donegal champions were Oisin Shiels, Bernard McGettigan and Seamie Friel. James Kerr was denied a goal by the ‘keeper before Tuar Mhic Eadaigh took control scoring 1-5 including a Sean Seoighe goal. The keeper also saved well as Seamie Friel’s close range effort was blocked. Micheal de Priondergaist then got a second goal for the Mayo outfit.
