Naomh Ultan claim the spoils at the end of a thriller against Moville

Naomh Ultan finally took the spoils in this keenly contested and high scoring Junior 'A' championship clash with Moville, in Dunkineely on Sunday afternoon. 

Two points separated the sides at the finish, with midfielder Jack Boyle and second half substitute Aaron Byrne hitting two late points after Moville struck for three goals in a five minute purple patch to come from seven points down to tie up the game. 

Danny Murphy, who already had a goal to his name, struck for two more of those goals, and Seamy Pat McLaughlin netted the other for a 4-15 to 1-24 scoreline. 

Murphy struck for the first of his three goals inside the opening minute to get Moville off to a dream start. 

Luke Gallagher, Aaron Kyles, Kyle Breslin, and Johnny Bach responded with white flags for the locals, but the visitors still led 1-2 to 0-4 on the ten minute mark.

And the Sky Blues were four up after Michael Barr landed a two pointer for a 1-9 to 0-8 scoreline.

But thanks to a Patrick White goal and points from White, Luke Gallagher, and Johnny Bach, Naomh Ultan led 1-13 to 1-11 at half-time.

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The locals enjoyed a good opening ten minutes after half-time and had stretched their advantage out to seven points, 1-22 to 1-15, by the end of the third quarter.

Naomh Ultan scorers: Patrick White 1-4, Cian Kennedy 0-7, 3tp,1f, Luke Gallagher 0-5, Jonathan Bach 0-4, Jack Boyle 0-2, Daniel Gallagher, Aaron Kyles, Daniel Gallagher, and Kyle Breslin 0–1 each.  

Moville: Danny Murphy 3-2, Seamy Pat McLaughlin 1-3, Michael Barr 0-4,1tp, Dylan Doherty 0-3, Christy Hegarty 0-2, Evan Hudner 0-1.

Naomh Ultan: Daniel McGlynn; Finley Gavigan, Christopher Boyle, Jordan Watters; Daniel Gallagher, Aaron Kyles, Jamie Cunningham; Jack Boyle, Shaun White; Jonathan Bach, Luke Gallagher, Kyle Breslin; Cian Kennedy, Patrick White, Aaron O’Shea.

Subs: Aidan Duddy for S White; Aaron Byrne for A Duddy.

Moville: Dylan Doherty; Josh McDermott, Brendan McCleneghan, Lorcan Gillen; Joshua Lafferty, Declan Diver, Caillou O’Kane; Michael Leech, Malachy McDermott; Michael Barr, Eoghan McLaughlin, Seamy Pat McLaughlin; Christy Hegarty, Danny Murphy, Evan Hudner.

Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill).