Donegal U-16s suffer late heartbreak in Buncrana Cup in Clones

The Donegal U-16s suffered late, late heartbreak in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones on Sunday when they were knocked out of the Buncrana Cup with a late goal from Monaghan.

Donegal only needed a draw to secure second place in their group and a semi-final slot, but after coming back from six points down at half-time to draw level, they lost out with the last kick of the game.

Three Shane Sweeney points and one from Cathal  McGee left Donegal trailing by 1-7 to 0-4 at half-time. The introduction of substitutes saw them perform really well in the second half, notching 1-8.

The goal came from Kalvin McLaughlin, who also got a point while their other second half scores came from Kyle Bonner 0-2 and a point each from John Paul Gallagher, Michael Gallagher, Jamie Gavigan, Jack Gallagher and Sean Sweeney.

The result means that Donegal will now play in the semi-final  of the Shield, which is set for Saturday, August 3rd.

Donegal scorers: Shane Sweeney 0-4; Kalvin McLaughlin 1-1; Kyle Bonner 0-2; Cathal McGee, John Paul Gallagher, Michael Gallagher, Jamie Gavigan and Jack Gallagher 0-1 each.

Donegal: Corey Sheridan; Garret Brennan, Adam Byrne, Odhran Bonner; Cathal Doherty, Cathal McGee, Jamie Gavigan; Conor Gallagher, Calum McGilloway; John Paul Gallagher, Tomas Carr, Conor Farrell; Matthew Enright, Shane Sweeney, Danny McCready.

Subs used: Kalvin McLaughlin, Peter McLaughlin, Kyle Bonner, Daniel Byrne, Michael Gallagher, Shaun Gallagher, Jack Gallagher, Patrick Doherty, Shea Cannon.