Down GAA Scor an nOg final dates 2020

South Down Final - 23rd November 2019
East Down Final - 24th November 2019
Down GAA County Final - 1st December 2019

Down County Dinner will take place on Saturday, 11 January 2020 in the Canal Court Hotel.

On the night Down GAA will honour the All-Ireland Champions of 1994 and the Ulster Bank Down GAA Club and County Awards will be presented. 

Tables of 10 are £350.00 or individual tickets are £40.00 each.

To book your table or to buy individual tickets please contact any of the county officers or the County Office directly.

Centre-back Aaron Branagan’s 38th minute goal sent Kilcoo on the road to victory over Derrygonnelly Harps in today’s Ulster Club SFC semi-final at the Athletic Grounds.

Mickey Moran’s men were forced to dig deep into their reservoir of experience to dig out a 1-8 to 0-9 victory and qualify for a third Ulster final appearance.

Defences were very much on top during a first-half which finished with the team in black and white ahead by 0-4 to 0-2.

The second-half was eight minutes old when Anthony Morgan laid the goal chance on a plate for ‘man-of-the-match’ Branagan, one of five brothers on the winning team, and he made no mistake from close range.

That score left the Down champions ahead by 1-5 to 0-5 but they were made to sweat for the win.

Eugene Branagan put Kilcoo four up with five minutes to go but their Fermanagh opponents replied with three unanswered points through Garvan Jones, Conall Jones and Jack Love.

Corner-back Love’s score arrived in the fifth minute of added-on time but, from the resulting kick-out, the Down champions worked a Ryan Johnston fisted point and the referee’s whistle sounded shortly after.

Both teams finished with 14 men after Lee Jones (Derrygonnelly Harps) and Jerome Johnson picked up second yellow cards late on while the Fermanagh champions were left to rue a number of missed scoring chances.

Kilcoo: Martin McCourt; Niall Branagan, Aidan Branagan, Niall McEvoy; Darryl Branagan (0-1), Aaron Branagan (1-0), Anthony Morgan; Aaron Morgan, Dylan Ward; Eugene Branagan (0-1),Paul Devlin (0-2, 2f), Ryan Johnston (0-1); Ryan McEvoy (0-2, 2f), Jerome Johnston (0-1), Conor Laverty. Subs: Justin Clarke for Anthony Morgan (47mins), James McClean for Aaron Morgan (56), Sheelan Johnston for N McEvoy (58).

Derrygonnelly Harps: Jack Kelly; Jack Love (0-1), Tiarnan Daly, Michael Jones; Garvan McGinley (0-1), Shane McGullion, Lee Jones; Ryan Jones, Stephen McGullion (0-1); Kevin Cassidy (0-1), Garvan Jones (0-3, 2f), Eamon McHugh; Declan Cassidy (0-1), Conall Jones (0-1, 1f), Gavin McGovern. Subs: Gary McKenna for G McGovern (42mins), Ronan McHugh for K Cassidy (47), Neil Gallagher for McGinley (56), Aidan McKenna for McHugh (64).

Ref: Padraig Hughes (Crossmaglen Rangers)

Monaghan champions Magheracloone ran into a 6 point lead before Jack McCartan put a score on the board for the Down side on 21 minutes.  Michael Metzger who finished the game with seven points fired over the opening three scores for the Monaghan side, while Killian Rudden added a point from play on 14 mins. Metzger scored his forth on 15 minutes, with Alan McCahey adding his name to the scorebard on the 20th minute.

Michael Metzger added his fifth from play on 24 minutes to leave six between the sides Glenn 0-01 Magheracloone 0-07.  Cian Lyons scored Glenns second point of the game on 29 minutes but this was cancelled out with an Allan Kierans point from play one minute later.  The last score of the half came from a Joe Sands free for the Down side to leave five between the sides at half time: Glenn 0-03 Magheracloone 0-08. 

In the opening period of the second half the sides exchanged points with Magheracloone score coming from Tommy Freeman, while Michael Turley responded for Glenn.  Freeman and Declan O'Hare extended the Monaghan sides lead to seven points Glenn 0-04 Magheracloone 0-11.  Glenn added another point on the 8th minute to reduce the gap to six.  Over the next 15 minutes both sides exchanged points with Glenns two points coming from Jack McCartan and Patrick Brooks.

Dara Mooney scored the only goal in injury-time as Eoghan Rua of Derry defeated Down's Newry Shamrocks by 1-16 to 0-11 in the Ulster club JHC final in Dungannon.

Postponed last weekend due to an unplayable pitch, this rescheduled decider was evenly contested for most of the first half before a run of points from Dara McGoldrick, Tomas Magee and Sean Leo McGoldrick helped the Coleraine men to a 0-10 to 0-6 interval lead. Shamrocks scores coming from Eoin McGuinness, two from Artie McGuiness and three frees coming from Conor McPolin.

Sean Leo McGoldrick extended the winners' advantage after the restart before Newry closed the gap with a Niall Lennon point from play and three 65 frees from Artie McGuinness. Sean Campbell also scored a free for the Newry side to leave 3 points between the sides (Eoghan Rua 0-14 Shamrocks 0-11) with five minutes left on the clock.  However, the loss of attacker Eoin McGuinness to injury was a blow to the border town outfit and their fate was sealed when Mooney netted in stoppage-time to leave the score Eoghan Rua 1-16 Newry Shamrocks 0-11.

Taken from Hoganstand.com

Kilcoo (Down) 1-11
Magherafelt (Derry) 0-9

Jerome Johnston’s 37th minute goal proved crucial as Kilcoo saw off Magherafelt’s challenge in Newry to move into the Ulster club SFC semi-finals against Derrygonnelly.

Down champions for seven of the last eight seasons, the Magpies made an impressive start against their Derry counterparts by knocking over the first three points via Aaron Branagan, Ryan McEvoy and Darryl Branagan.

The visitors responded in kind however, with Emmet McGukian fisting over prior to Cormac Murphy and Conor Kearns stringing together back-to-back points come the 17th minute.

Two Paul Devlin frees edged Kilcoo into a 0-5 to 0-4 lead for the break and after seven minutes of the restart they’d hit the jackpot when Johnston blasted to the net, opening up a five-point gap.

That margin would prove just too much for the Oak Leaf County champions to try and even up, as they saw Simon McErlain’s goal disallowed in injury-time.

Scorers for Kilcoo: J. Johnston 1-1, E. Branagan 0-2, C. Laverty 0-2 P. Devlin 0-2 (2fs), A. Branagan, D. Branagan, R. McEvoy, A. Morgan 0-1 each.
Scorers for Magherafelt: E. McGuckin 0-3 (1f), C. Murphy 0-2, C. Kearns 0-2, J. Monaghan 0-1, S. Heavron 0-1 (f).

KILCOO: M. McCourt, N. Branagan, Aidan, Branagan, N. McEvoy, A. Morgan, Aaron Branagan, M. Rooney, D. Branagan, R. McEvoy, E. Branagan, P. Devlin, R. Johnston, D. Ward, J. Johnston, C. Laverty.

Subs: J. Clarke for R. Johnston (45), S. Johnston for M. Rooney (51).

MAGHERAFELT: O. Lynch, S, McErlain, D. O’Neill, G. Lupari, C. McCluskey, F. Duffin, C. Kearns, J. Monaghan, D. Heavron, P. McLarnon, S. Heavron, J. Young, A. McElhone, C. Murphy, E. McGuckin.

Subs: M. Lynch for P. McLarnon (40), D. Martin for A. McElhone (41), C. Rafferty for J. Young (44), P. O’Kane for C. Kearns (49) (BC), J. Keenan for G. Lupari (50), M. Higgins for S. Heavron (51).

Photo by: Louis McNally

Glenn created a stir when they won the County Intermediate Championship title and now they will face Fermanagh side Kinawley in the Ulster Championship at Brewster Park, Enniskillen on Sunday (12.30pm).

Glenn skipper Conor Cranny believes that the way in which his side overcame Newry Shamrocks in the county final will provide the spur they need on Sunday.

"It was hard going against the Shamrocks but we stuck at it, and if we show the same spirit against Kinawley I don't think we will be too far away," states Cranny.

Ulster Club JHC: Newry Shamrocks book final place against Eoghan Rua 

Newry Shamrocks (Down) and Eoghan Rua (Derry) have qualified for this year’s Ulster Club JHC decider.

Newry Shamrocks overcame Gort na Mona of Antrim by 0-16 to 1-8 in Ballela to secure a first ever final appearance.

Meanwhile, Eoghan Rua got the better of Inniskeen (Monaghan) by 0-23 to 0-8 at Lamh Dhearg and they will be bidding to claim the title for a second time.

Newry Shamrock Scorers: Artie McGuiness (0-4), Eoin McGuinness (0-3), Jordan Murphy (1-0), Ruairi Campbell (0-2), Ryan Courtney (0-1), Niall Lennon (0-1), Sean Campbell (0-1), Conor McPolin (0-1).